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| Standard toolbar | contains buttons for the basic tasks of opening and savign projects and the frequent tasks of accessing the catalog, rendering, and changing previews. |
| Animation Control toolbar | contains VCR-like controls such as play, stop, and rewind for previewing your animations. |
| Point of View toolbar | contains buttons that let you quickly change views from Camera to top, Side, Front, or Four-Up. |
| Toolbox | contains tools for manipulationg the camera, objects, adn lights. |
| Scene Explorer | shows a list of all resurces in thescene. Lets you change the hierarchy of objects by dragigng them. |
| Staus Bar | shows helpul information as you work with yoru projects. |
| Catalog | shows thumbnail images of available reurces-3D objects, materials, light sources, animations, and deformations |
| AVI File format | allows you to save your project a video |
| Windows Bitmap file | allows you to save your project as picture |
| Pick tool | used to selelct an object in your scene; causes the XYZ axis to be visible. |
| Rotate tool | used to turn ore swivel an object around |
| Scale All tool | allows you to make an object larger or smaller |
| Move tool | allows you to move an object from one location in the project to another |
| Shapes tool | used to create shapes in a project such s sperers, cones, cylinders, etc. |
| Text tool | used to put text into a project |
| Show/Hide Catalog | provides an easy method for adding objects, materials, lights, animation, and deformations to projects |
| Animation editor | allows youto add or subtract rrames in an animation, and to adjust the itmeing bars so that objects will play atdifferent times or together |
| Points of View | camers, top, side, front 4-up |
| Render | produces a hight quality view o the scene. It will show all colors, shadows, reflections, and textures |
| Save icon | allows a quick save of your project |
| Yellow folder icon | allows you to open the nenu which lists all projects done and saved without using the Filemenu |
| White document icon | opens a new project without using the File menu |
| Scene Explorer | lists in words all the items you have placed in a project including animation, lights, objects, etc. |
