Scene view and Scene view functions (4, 5)
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Scene view and Scene view functions (4, 5)

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For the selected scene, the Scene view will display the output of the active scene. To enable the Scene view function. click the yellow Eye Icon found in the Scene view area. The preview feature is enabled by default and will automatically be disabled after user time-out. The reason for the feature being disabled after the time-out is that the Scene view feature itself consumes resources.

If the scene is empty, or if all items in the scene are stopped/blank, the scene view will display a black screen.

To pan the preview window, press and hold the mouse scroll wheel and use the mouse to pan. You can also use CTRL+Space to activate the pan function. To exit the pan mode, left-click with the mouse.

You can change the scale (zoom in/out) using the zoom input field or the mouse scroll wheel. To automatically select a zoom level that makes you content fit inside the size of the preview window, press CTRL+F ("fit") or press the "Fit to window" button.

CTRL+P will Play/Pause all media inputs.

Right-click on the Scene View to access the dropdown menu functions: Copy image to clipboard, Save as, Fit to window, and Toggle fullscreen (F11).

Scene view tools

Adds a grid as background. Useful when working with alpha channels.
Show layer and layer operator editing handles
Region Of Interest, visibility on/off. Define the Region Of Interest by dragging the handles. (one example of usage is with the operator face detect.)
Video preview window on/off
Audio preview tool
Zoom
Use the zoom input field or the mouse scroll wheel, to change the zoom level.
Adjusts the zoom level to make the content fit in the scene preview window. Keyboard shortcut CTRL + F
Locked to:Lock the preview window to a specific scene. 
Color picker tool. When using the color picker, the nearby data is updated:

Color picker data fields

Color box: picked color

RGBA:
  • G: Green color level (0-255)
  • R: Red color level (0-255)
  • B: Blue color level (0-255
  • A: Alpha level (0-255)
HSV:
  • H: Hue (degrees)
  • S: Saturation (%)
  • L: Light value (%)
Hint!
Use the mouse scroll wheel to zoom in/out in the preview window.

Saving snapshots

The active scene output can be saved as a snapshot using the keyboard shortcut ALT+P.
Images are stored in the Application Snapshots folder and are automatically named as [HOSTNAME]_[DATETIME].png


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