Render Guide

• Toggle Main Toolbar - Hides VRED toolbars to set up the viewport for a cleaner view of your scene when rendering. Click again to display the main toolbar.

  Original Layout	Using Toggle Main Toolbar

• Set Aspect Ratio - Defines the aspect ratio used in the viewport. Select from Dynamic Resolution 21:9, 4:3 Ratio, 16:9 Ratio, 2.39 Ratio, and Use Preferences, which uses whatever was set in your Render Settings > Image preferences.

• Show Split View - Provides a layout to see four different angles in the viewport when rendering. Click again to return to a single view.

  Tip:

  To apply a different color grading preset and/or effect to each view, click a view, then click a color grading preset, then an effect preset. Click the next view and select a different presets.

  

• Show Helper - Hides auxiliary UI, such as the View Cube, Navigation Bar, or visible cameras, that distract from the rendering. Click again to return any auxiliary UI.

  Using Toggle Main Toolbar	Using Show Helper

• Composition Lines - Displays composition lines in the viewport. Use these when trying to compose a scene and place an object in the perfect spot to make the composition of the rendering more visually appealing and artistic. The composition lines change as the aspect ratio () is changed.

  

  Click-hold to access a menu where you can select one or more of the options to set up your composite lines.

  

  Click again to hide the composition lines in the viewport.

The tools in this bar are used for the following:

• - Each category has content-specific properties listed below the presets that are displayed by default. To show or hide these properties, click . Use these properties to tweak your rendered image to achieve the look you want.

• - Resets the properties to the scene or file defaults.

If you still need additional options, use the following to quickly access the relevant modules:

• - Opens the Render Settings for further customization of settings not available in the Render Guide.
• - Opens the Camera Editor for further customization of settings not available in the Render Guide.
• - Opens the Material Editor for further customization of settings not available in the Render Guide.
• - Opens the Scenegraph for further customization of settings not available in the Render Guide.

Use the slider and its buttons to quickly resize the presets displayed above the bar.

Along the left of the guide are categories for accessing workflow-driven presets and their properties. Use them as a guide and go through each category, moving from one to the next and back. Start from top with Cinematic Settings and work your through Render Settings, Camera Settings, Effects, Volume Fog, Color Grading, and Render Output, quickly creating a rendered cinematic moody image.

Find presets for each category are found in this area. Presets were created with the beginner user in mind. These help to quickly achieve the look you want with minimal effort and without requiring expert knowledge.

To further refine the look, use the options in the Properties section. If access to additional settings is required, use the Render Settings and Camera Editor quick access buttons in the Splitter Bar to open these editors for further options.

When a preset appears with a yellow border and icon, this indicates a change to its properties and just serves as a visual cue of changes, not an error.

However, to save any changes, use Save or Save As to create a custom preset.

Custom Presets

To create a custom preset, after any changes, click the Save or Save As button. The new preset will be highlighted blue when active, can be renamed, and a custom thumbnail image can be assigned to it.

Renaming a Custom Preset

Custom preset names support both ASCII and Unicode character sets and can be renamed.

Click a custom preset name to make it editable, then enter a new name and press Enter.

Adding a Custom Preset Thumbnail

For a custom preset thumbnail, VRED supports PNG, JPG, JPEG, and BMP image file formats.

1. Click .

2. Navigate and select an image to represent the preset.

3. Click Open.

   Default Preset Image	Custom Preset Image

Deleting a Preset

The default templated presets cannot be deleted; however, any custom presets can.

Select the preset to delete, then click . This removes the preset and removes its effect from your scene.

Click to display or hide the properties for a preset. Click one of the following links for information on the properties for that category.

• Cinematic Settings
• Render Settings
• Camera Settings
• Effects
• Color Grading
• Render Output

Once all changes are made within the guide, use one of these buttons at the bottom of the module to start image calculations.

• Reset All - Resets all the categories. The reset values are updated when loading a project or when creating a new scene.

• Send to Render Queue - Opens a file browser to name and set the location of the saved renderings, then opens the Render Queue, where the image names cannot be changed. Use the buttons along the bottom to send all renders to the Cluster Queue, add them to the Render Queue, or render all. See To Start Image Calculations for more details.

• Render - Opens a file browser to name and setting the location of the saved renderings, then creates the image or movie at that location using the current settings. An image's name can be changed during this process.