Nano Editor On/Off

Nano-Edit Mode activates the Nano-Editor which lets you perform camera transformations on a small preview of your scene, instead of the full scene.

When this mode is active, the Nano-Editor appears any time you perform a camera transformation. The Nano-Editor window displays a small preview of your scene. The transformation is applied to the preview. When you close the editor, the transformation is applied to the full scene.

Note: It may be useful to save the current camera setting before using the Nano-Editor, just in case you aren't happy with the results since using the Undo feature will not reset the camera view.

Use the Nano-Edit Mode to quickly see the effects of a transformation on a preview of your image. This mode is useful when you're working on a large scene as it saves on redraw time since only the preview window shows the changes instead of the entire Working Window.

To activate Nano-Edit Mode:

1. Click the Nano-Edit button on the Display palette.
   
   
   
   When the smaller square inside the icon (which represents an active Nano-Editor) is red, the Nano-Edit Mode is on; when it is white, it is off.
   
   
2. Move the cursor over any of the Camera Controls, left-click hold and drag on the control to reposition the camera. Let up on the control to apply the changes to the scene.
   
   
3. Let up on the mouse and the changes will be applied to the scene.

To temporarily activate Nano-Edit Mode, hold down Opt/Alt+Spacebar before you perform transformations. The Nano-Editor appears only during the operation and can be used without actually clicking on the camera controls.

1. Press Opt/Alt+Spacebar and move the cursor over the working window. You'll see the rotate cursor in the window:
   
   
2. Left-click on the working window and rotate the scene just as if you were using the camera controls:
   
   
3. Let up on the mouse and the changes will be applied to the scene.

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