Working with FCheck

Important: As of Maya 2020, FCheck is no longer supported on macOS. You can select a different default image viewer in the Applications preferences (Windows > Settings/Preferences > Preferences).

FCheck is an image and sequence viewer that caches images in RAM so you can play back and scrub images in real time. Color correction, image editing and error checking can be done in FCheck using tools that can:

• display emboss, the negative, and image borders
• adjust luminance, gamma, saturation, and offset settings
• change size, resolution, and magnification
• switch between RGB channels

FCheck is installed with Maya and works on Windows and Linux. (As of Maya 2020, FCheck is no longer supported on macOS.) Maya uses FCheck as an image previewer to display intermediate results of a rendering. It can be invoked directly from Maya or standalone.

You can use FCheck to alter the view and look of a pre-rendered image or animation sequence. For example, you can adjust luminance, gamma, and saturation. FCheck has features that can be accessed through:

• FCheck command line options
• FCheck hotkeys
• FCheck Mouse controls
• FCheck Control Bar (toolbar).
• The File menu in Windows, which lets you open and save images or sequences.