Texture Baking View toolbar

You can use the buttons in the Texture Baking View toolbar to perform various operations.

For more information , see Texture Baking View.

Preview current frame/Redo last preview

Preview the scene with Texture Baking View.

Right-click this button to select a camera. All cameras, default and user-defined, are available.

Preview Region

Renders only the region with a marquee. This is useful if you’ve made a change to part of the surface on which you want to perform a quick test render. See Preview a region of your scene for details.

Snapshot

A wireframe snapshot is taken of your active workspace and loaded as a background into Texture Baking View. You can then marquee a region to render in front of the snapshot’s background and click the Preview region icon.

Bake

Bakes the current scene with Turtle.

Bake Region

Bakes a selected region with Turtle. See Preview a region of your scene.

Display Texture Bake Settings (Turtle)

Opens the Texture Baking Settings window, letting you set scene-wide options for previewing the scene.

Display RGB Channels

Displays the image with RGB channels. This is the default display mode.

Right-click this button to select individual channels. Each channel has a corresponding icon:

Channel Icon

RGB Channels

Red

Green

Blue

Luminance

Display Alpha Channel

Displays the image’s alpha channel only.

Display Real Size

Displays the image at its exact pixel resolution.

Keep Image

Keeps the current image so you can view it later. When you keep more than one image, a slider displays at the bottom of the window. Drag this slider to view a previously “kept” image.

You can also keep rendered images with any annotation you’ve added. Right-click the Keep Image button, and select the Keep Image with Comment option. When the Custom Comment dialog box appears, enter your text into the field, and click OK. Custom comments appear at the bottom of the image.

Note:

The stored (“kept”) images are lost when you end your session.

Remove Current Image / Remove All Images

Right-click the icon to select either the Remove Current Image or Remove All Images option.

These options can also be selected using File > Remove All Images from Texture Baking View in the Texture Baking View window. See Texture Baking View menu bar for more information.

Remove Current Image

Releases the current image (and the memory it uses) from Texture Baking View. Select the image you want to remove using the slider at the bottom of the window.

Remove All Images

Releases all images (and the memory these images use) from Texture Baking View so that only the most recently rendered image remains.

If you are viewing one of the saved images in the Texture Baking View window, this option still removes all saved images, including the currently displayed image. Only the most recently rendered image is kept.

Tip:

Only “kept” images can be removed. If you are viewing a newly rendered image in the Texture Baking View window that has not been kept, selecting this option will display an error message that the current image cannot be removed.

Exposure

Adjust the brightness for display. Lowering the exposure allows you to view detail that is not visible in highlights by default.

You can set a value in the usual ways by using the slider, by typing in the numeric box, or by clicking in the numeric box and dragging with Ctrl + Middle mouse button. In addition, you can:
  • Click the icon to toggle between the default and modified values.
  • Press Ctrl + Minus to decrease by fine increments.
  • Press Ctrl + Alt + Minus to decrease by coarse increments.
  • Press Ctrl + = to increase by fine increments.
  • Press Ctrl + Alt + = to increase by coarse increments.

This is a diagnostic option that is not saved in the scene.

Gamma

Adjust the contrast, or brightness of the midtones in the image for display. Increasing the gamma allows you to see details in the shadows of your image.

You can set a value in the usual ways by using the slider, by typing in the numeric box, or by clicking in the numeric box and dragging with Ctrl + Middle mouse button. In addition, you can:
  • Click the icon to toggle between the default and modified values.
  • Press Ctrl + ; to decrease by fine increments.
  • Press Ctrl + Alt + ; to decrease by coarse increments.
  • Press Ctrl + ' to increase by fine increments.
  • Press Ctrl + Alt + ' to increase by coarse increments.

This is a diagnostic option that is not saved in the scene. In particular, you do not need to set it to 2.2 to emulate sRGB.

View Transform
Control the view transform that converts colors from the working color space for display. This is useful, for example, if you want to quickly check the raw color values. The available color spaces that you can choose depend on whether you are using an OCIO configuration file for color management.
  • Click the icon to toggle the view transform off temporarily, and back on again.
  • Use the drop-down list to select a different view transform.

They are not available unless color management is enabled. See Color Management.

They are diagnostic options that are not saved in the scene.

Parent topic: Texture Baking View