Render View window

The Render View window provides a comprehensive interface for visualizing and managing rendered images and image sequences. Its features encompass image viewing and navigation, manipulation and analysis, workflow integration, and customization options. Users can adjust display parameters, navigate through sequences, compare images, and utilize various tools for in-depth image analysis.

The Render View also facilitates workflow integration by providing access to rendering controls and feedback mechanisms. Furthermore, the interface is customizable, allowing users to tailor the workspace to their preferences and needs.

Workflow Integration

The Render View tightly integrates with the rendering pipeline, providing real-time feedback and control over the rendering process. It receives continuous updates from the renderer, displaying progressive refinements as they become available.

The Render View supports Arbitrary Output Variables (AOVs). Users can select and display individual AOVs or combine them in custom views. AOVs are visualized using appropriate color mappings and can be adjusted using the image manipulation tools.

Interactive Production Rendering (IPR) is also supported, enabling real-time feedback during scene editing. Changes made in the scene are immediately reflected in the Render View, facilitating iterative adjustments and fine-tuning. IPR updates are displayed progressively, with recently updated regions clearly marked. Users can control IPR settings, such as update frequency and region of interest, within the Render View’s preferences.

Render View Regions

Working with the images data is performed using the following regions: Viewport, Catalog, Image Metadata, top-bar and status bar.

• Catalog

  The Catalog lists the images added to the current session both rendered and loaded from disk, the selected image displays in the Viewport Interface.

• Image Metadata

  Shows metadata for the selected image.

• Viewport Interface

  This panel displays the image selected in the Catalog panel. The displayed image can be edited using Render View tools provided in the quick access panel. The workspace can be changed using the View menu.

• Status Bar

  Provides information about the current Viewport state, including the active color channel, color profile, cursor position (global and image-relative), and an eyedropper tool. A top bar provides additional controls and settings.

Catalog

In this panel, all files loaded into Render View during the current session are displayed: whether rendered or opened from disk opened using “Open File..”. The selected file in the Catalog is displayed in the Viewport Interface.

The Catalog supports drag-and-drop functionality for easily adding images. Users can drag image files from their file manager or other applications directly into the Catalog area. The Render View will automatically recognize supported image formats and add them to the current session.

Users can drag and drop images onto other items in the Catalog to create nested groups. This allows for hierarchical structuring of images, for example, grouping AOVs related to a specific render or organizing images.

Topbar Menus

File

Open File…

Open a file from disk.

Export File…

Export the selected item to a file.

Catalog

Functions menu in the Catalog panel: moving selections and baking pictures on save.

Image

Render Again

Restart render of the selected object.

Cancel Render

Abort the current render.

Delete Image

Remove the image from the current session.

View

Reset Zoom/Pan

Reset camera movements and zoom to default position.

Resize Window to Image

Fit Render View window size to the image dimensions.

Lock Pixel Readout

Lock status bar values for the current cursor position.

Channels

Choose the displayed color channel.

Background

Select the Viewport background.

Show Resolution Guides

Display image boundaries and resolution.

Display Color Space

Choose the color space.

Display View

Select gamma correction mode.

Window

Allows displaying and hiding regions, tools and other panels in the workspace, as well as Render View window settings.

Catalog

Toggles the Catalog panel.

Image Metadata

Toggles the Image Metadata panel.

Pixel Value

Toggles the status bar display.

Image Tools

Toggles Pan Tool and Crop Tool display.

Monitor Controls

Toggles gamma and exposure adjustment scales display.

Window Always On Top

Keep the Render View window on top.

Preferences

Render View settings menu. Allows setting default Render View configurations upon window opening, such as display mode, color space, etc. Also allows reassigning hotkeys used for the Render View window.

Render View Tools

Using the tools in the Render View window toolbar, users can move the camera relative to the image, crop, and adjust gamma and exposure values.

Icon	Purpose
	Pan Tool
	Crop Tool
	Gamma
	Exposure

Render View Window Preferences

Option	Description
Language	The Interface Language
Scratch Image Location	The directory where preview images are stored when the number of images exceeds the Cache Size limit.
Image Cache Size	The maximum number of images that can be stored in the cache before they are automatically written to the temporary folder defined in the “Scratch Image Location”.
Burn In Mapping on Save	The standard state of the attribute on running Render View. Ensures that current view mapping is embedded into images saved via “Export File…”
Default Color Space	Sets the color space for newly opened or created images.
Default Display View	Determines initial image display settings.

This panel also has Hotkeys tab, which allows to bind the Render View actions.