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Manual Reference Picture Viewer

File Menu

Open...

Opens an image file and displays the image in the Picture Viewer.

It is now possible to load and display Multi-Pass images that were rendered with Multi-Layer File active (i.e. 1 image with Multi-Passes as separate layers). This works with the following formats:

Save Picture as...

Format, Options

The list of file formats may vary depending on the QuickTime codecs installed.

Specifies the file format for the picture. If the selected file format supports extra options, access these by clicking the Options button.

Depth, DPI

Some file formats support 16 bits per channel, i.e. 48-bit color.

Sets the bit-depth for each channel in the file and the dots-per-inch resolution of the picture.

Save Multi-Passes

Enable this option if you have rendered a multi-pass image and you want to save all layers.

Alpha Channel

If this option is enabled, the alpha channel will be saved with the image, provided the file format you have chosen supports alpha channels.

Stop Rendering

Stops the rendering of the scene. Proceed with caution. If you stop the rendering of a picture, you will be unable to resume rendering when you next render — the picture will be rendered from the beginning. The same applies to animation when using movie file formats such as AVI or QuickTime.

However, if you are rendering the animation as a sequence of still images, such as a TIFF sequence, the frames already rendered are saved using the save path chosen in the render settings. If you want to keep these saved frames, you must change the save path in the render settings before you next render, otherwise these frames will be overwritten. Also, on the Output page of the rendering settings, set the left input box for Frame to the number of the frame that was being rendered when you stopped rendering. This will prevent the animation being rendered from the beginning.

You can also stop the rendering by pressing Esc.

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