solvecraft/docs/render-panels.md

Render workspace panels

Tracking issue: #6281. Part of the Render workspace UX roadmap.

The old "Render studio" panel (eleven pages, a setup header and a pinned footer) is removed by the end of the Render workspace transition. Every control moves to a panel attached to the thing it edits. A control has one home. A shortcut is a promotion of that control to a first-class item (a stage bar chip, a handle in the view, a menu entry); it reads and writes the setting its home owns through the same command, so the two cannot disagree.

Every one of the 546 labels the old panel used and every render.* and appearance.* command has a home below or is listed under Removed. The panel designs are on the SolidCraft UX Layouts board, artboards Render_Q0_Plan to Render_Q13_Dialogs.

Rules

• One home. Each control is owned by one editor; anything elsewhere is a shortcut that names its home.
• Attached to a thing. A panel edits what is selected in the Browser or the view. With nothing selected the Scene overview shows. There is no panel switcher and no All page.
• Never hide, fade with a reason. Controls a method does not support (Raster, CPU ray tracing, GPU path tracing) stay visible, faded, with the reason in words. Opening a panel never changes the method.
• Apply with consent. Anything that replaces saved state opens one review dialog first. Everything else writes at once through its command, with undo.

What each Browser row opens

Row	Panel	Holds
Scene (nothing selected)	Scene	Orientation and readiness
Environment	Environment	World, backdrop, stage, atmosphere
Lights ( + adds a light )	Lighting	Source, shadows, budget
a light	Light	Sun, point or area
Shots ( + saves a shot )	Shot	Camera, lens, exposure, frame
Objects › body, face or component	Appearance	Look, glass, coat, maps
Objects › Wear	Wear	Layered ageing and contamination
Output	Output	Renderer, image, destination, render
Output › Sampling	Sampling	Quality and limits
Output › Effects	Effects	Tone, looks, lens, finishing, regrade
Output › Check	Check	Valid? cost? diagnostics

Decisions

Approved by the owner. Each changes something the earlier design said, or a default.

• D-A. Sampling, Effects and Check are rows under Output, not sections. The approved rules put Effects and Check inside the Output editor. A long scroll hides expert controls from the person who just wants a size. As child rows the Output editor stays short and each child is one click or one chip away. It changes the approved Output design.
• D-B. Wear is its own row under Objects. Wear acts on the whole scene, not one body, and is GPU only. Keeping it out of Appearance stops a per-body editor from silently carrying scene state.
• D-C. Dust and the participating medium live in Environment › Atmosphere. They were on the Aging page but they are air, not wear. Both are GPU only and fade with the reason when another method is chosen.
• D-D. Every control writes the shot through its command, with undo. Save Setup, Reload Saved Settings and the draft confirmation go away. This changes a default: today edits stay in a draft until Save Setup. The camera keeps Update shot and Revert because it moves by navigation, not by a control.
• D-E. Unavailable controls stay visible, faded, with the reason. Raster, CPU ray tracing and GPU path tracing support different things. Hiding a control makes people ask where it went; a faded control with 'needs GPU path tracing' answers it, and opening a panel never changes the method.
• D-F. One review dialog for every apply that replaces saved state. Studio, rig, stage, physical plan, quality budget and map sets all show what is replaced and what is kept, and need a tick before they apply.
• D-G. Diagnostics become Check › Under the hood. Raw request JSON, job JSON and the capability catalogue stay available for experts and agents, but out of the everyday list.

Editors (the Inspector, one per selection)

Scene

• Attached to: The scene (nothing selected)
• Purpose: Orientation and readiness: where the scene stands in each stage, and whether it can render.
• Reached by: Press Esc or click empty canvas; the Scene row at the top of the tree.
• When: On arrival, after finishing an edit, and before rendering. Everyday, read-mostly.

Stages

• Look: bodies with a look, saved overrides, wear layers · jumps to Objects
• Light: environment name, lights n · jumps to Environment / Lights
• Frame: current shot, lens, aspect · jumps to the shot
• Output: size, format, renderer, quality · jumps to Output

Ready to render

• Check result line with the count of notes · opens Check
• Renderer state: preparing, failed, unavailable, offline (explains why a stage control is faded)
• Check now · shortcut of Check
• Render shot · All shots (n) · shortcuts of the stage bar Render

Reminders

• Scene preserves the design: geometry, engineering properties and CAD are never changed here

Appearance

• Attached to: A picked body, face or component
• Purpose: How one thing looks: the look chain, its values, and the optical overrides that belong to that body.
• Reached by: Click a body, face or component in the view or the tree; the quick bar's Edit; right-click Edit look.
• When: After choosing a look, when it needs tuning, and for glass, coat or maps. Everyday for the top; expert for the sections below it.

Look

• Scope chips: Face · Body · Component · Material (where the look comes from)
• Look card: sphere, name, source, Used by n · Replace everywhere
• Applies to: This face | All n users

Edit

• Colour (sRGB) · Finish: Matte, Satin, Gloss, Metal · Metallic · Roughness · Opacity
• Refractive index (IOR) for non-metals
• Opaque only: glass is a separate section, with a pointer when opacity is below 1

Glass and absorption (GPU)

• Use physical glass · recipe · closed solid, thin sheet or axis-aligned box
• IOR · thin-sheet thickness · absorption R G B per mm · transmit straight shadow rays
• Interior scattering: collision rate, phase mean cosine (closed dielectric only)
• Cannot share a body with clear coat or maps

Clear coat (GPU)

• Enable clear coat · coat weight 0–1 · coat roughness 0.045–1

Maps (GPU)

• Enable maps · base colour image · normal image · metallic map · roughness map
• Mapping origin X Y Z · one U repeat · one V repeat · repeat multiplier
• Normal strength · texture V points upward · base map replaces body colour

Saved with this shot

• State line: temporary on this tab, or saved · Save these optics to the shot · Replace saved · Remove saved optics
• Saved surface binding (authored map): replace · remove · conflict with temporary overrides
• Revalidate this body when the model changed

Reflections (CPU)

• This body: Off · Mirror · Rough (rough uses its own assigned look)
• Confirm this body after the scene changed

Footer

• Save to library… · Reset

Wear

• Attached to: The scene's wear stack (the Wear row in the tree)
• Purpose: Ageing and contamination layers, in order, each aimed at all eligible bodies or one body.
• Reached by: The Wear row in the tree; the Wear chip in the Appearance editor of an affected body.
• When: Late in the Look stage, to take the CAD cleanliness off. Occasional; GPU only.

Layers

• Add layer menu: deposited dust, grime and staining, oxidised iron, copper-green patina, chipped paint, fine scratches, faded coating
• Ordered list (up to 8): eye, kind, target · move up · move down · remove

Selected layer

• Enabled · strength · coverage · pattern scale mm · seed
• Layer colour (sRGB) · layer roughness · layer metallic fraction · upward-facing deposition
• Surface class: all opaque, metallic only, nonmetallic only

Target

• All eligible opaque bodies, or one named body (filter, refresh from current bodies)
• Field origin in world mm

Environment

• Attached to: The Environment row (the world around the product)
• Purpose: What lights and surrounds the product: the source, its orientation, what the camera sees behind it, the ground, and the air.
• Reached by: The Environment row; the ring in the view; Change in the Studios and environments panel.
• When: Light stage, right after choosing a studio. Everyday for source, rotation and intensity; occasional for the rest.

Source

• Source: None, Constant colour, Artistic sky, HDR file, Built-in HDR · Change opens Studios and environments
• Constant: colour (linear RGB) · Sky: zenith, horizon, ground (linear RGB)
• HDR file: choose, check file, details (size, primaries, digest) · saved inside the design vs file on disk · treat unspecified primaries as linear sRGB
• HDR lighting samples (CPU)

Orientation and strength

• Rotate (degrees) · Intensity · the ring in the view is the shortcut

Backdrop

• What the camera sees: Environment · Colour · Gradient · Clear
• Colour (sRGB) · gradient mode: vertical, horizontal, radial · first and second colour · centre X Y · radius
• It never lights, shadows or reflects; refused with transparent output

Ground and stage

• Fit ground: extent margin · clearance gap mm · diffuse reflectance (linear RGB) · replace existing stage (consent)
• Physical floor and wall · Polygonal cyclorama (both fit to the product)
• Saved panels n · Remove stage

Atmosphere (GPU)

• Participating medium: enable · bounds min and max (world mm)
• Extinction · scattering albedo (linear RGB) · phase mean cosine

Lighting

• Attached to: The Lights group row
• Purpose: The lighting as a whole: which source of lights, shadows, and how many of each kind remain.
• Reached by: The Lights row; the + on it adds a light.
• When: When starting a lighting set up or changing method. Occasional.

Light source

• Studio preset: Neutral · Key and rim · Warm and cool, or Custom lights (turns a preset into editable lights)
• Rig applied: name · replace (consent)

Shadows and sampling

• Cast shadows (CPU) · area-light samples (CPU)

Budget

• Used of allowed: GPU 1 sun and 4 area; CPU 8 directional, 8 point, 4 area · Add light menu

Light

• Attached to: One light (Sun or directional, point, area)
• Purpose: One light: what it is, how bright and what colour, where it is and where it points.
• Reached by: Its row in the tree; its handle in the view; Light tools in the stage bar.
• When: Light stage, constantly. Everyday.

Light

• Type: Area · Point · Sun (Spot appears with the unified light model)
• Intensity: EV or relative 0–64 · Colour: temperature or linear RGB · Softness / angular radius

Position

• Azimuth · Elevation · Distance (× subject size) · Aim at: Product centre, a body, a point
• Or world X Y Z · Direction toward light (X Y Z)
• Place by highlight

Shape (area)

• Full side U and V in mm · radiance (linear RGB)

Falloff (point)

• Reference distance for intensity · minimum distance for attenuation

Behaviour

• Solo · Mute · Duplicate · Delete (solo and mute also live on the tree row)

Shot

• Attached to: One saved shot (a camera with its settings)
• Purpose: One camera: where it is, what it sees, its lens and exposure, and the shot's own housekeeping.
• Reached by: A shot in the tree or the Shots strip; the Frame tools; Save shot creates one.
• When: Frame stage. Everyday for projection, FOV and Update; occasional for the rest.

Shot

• Name · rename · duplicate · remove
• Camera changed since this shot was saved: Update shot · Revert

Camera

• Projection: Perspective | Orthographic · Field of view · Distance (× subject size or mm)
• Target X Y Z · Yaw · Pitch · Roll · Frame subject · Look at selection

Lens (GPU)

• Depth of field: enable · aperture radius · focus distance (needs perspective)

Exposure

• Exposure EV (not for raster)

Frame

• Aspect: 16:9, 3:2, 1:1, 4:5, 9:16, Custom · Rule of thirds · Safe area · Centre mark
• Output size: read-only, with a link to Output (size lives there)

Output

• Attached to: The Output row (the image to be made)
• Purpose: What image comes out: the renderer, its size and format, transparency, and where it goes.
• Reached by: The Output row; the size and format chips in the stage bar.
• When: Output stage, before rendering. Everyday.

Renderer

• Method: CPU raster | CPU ray tracing | GPU path tracing · what each supports
• State: GPU compiling shaders with elapsed time, failed with reason, unavailable, offline setup

Image

• Width × Height · lock aspect ratio · swap · use the largest size at this aspect
• Over the limit: which limit, and the way out
• Format: PNG display image · EXR with the raw linear master retained
• Transparent background (conflicts: backdrop, bloom, CPU ray tracing)

Destination

• Replace existing file · Export PNG… / EXR… · View image · Copy

Render

• Render shot · All shots (n) · Cancel · progress and phase · last result summary

Sampling

• Attached to: Output › Sampling
• Purpose: How hard the renderer works: noise, depth, and the limits it admits.
• Reached by: Output › Sampling in the tree; the quality chips in the stage bar.
• When: When a render is too noisy, too slow or refused for size. Occasional; expert beyond the quality preset.

Quality

• Draft · Balanced · High · Custom · Review a quality specification…

Path tracing (GPU)

• Samples per pixel (1–4096, powers of two) · maximum path depth · random seed
• Reduce noise in the finished image (denoise)

Adaptive (GPU)

• Allocate samples with independent pilots · pilot samples · minimum production samples
• Relative RGB error · absolute floor · coverage error

Glass transport (GPU)

• Conditional Fresnel strata 1, 2, 4 · certified nested dielectrics

CPU ray tracing

• Resource profile: Compact, Studio, Workstation · limits: memory, triangles, bodies, samples
• Sampling mode: single image | progressive · edge samples per pixel 1, 4, 16 · progressive samples and seed
• Reflection depth 1–8 · reflection samples 1–64

Effects

• Attached to: Output › Effects
• Purpose: Everything that happens to the picture after it is traced: tone, looks, lens effects, finishing, regrade.
• Reached by: Output › Effects in the tree.
• When: After a first render looks right but flat. Occasional; GPU only.

Tone

• Tone mapping: Reinhard | ACES fitted

Creative looks

• Ordered stack: warm, cool, sepia, monochrome, teal and orange, cyanotype-inspired, faded print, bleach-bypass-inspired
• Enabled · look strength · move up and down · remove

Lens effects

• Highlight flare strength, threshold, halo, streak, ghost rings · chromatic edge offset · radial distortion
• Soft focus · detail sharpening · photographic grain · pattern seed · reset lens effects

Finishing

• RGB gain · contrast · saturation · vignette · bloom: strength, threshold, radius · reset

Regrade

• Regrade the raw master (no denoising, separate PNG) · needs a retained raw master

Check

• Attached to: Output › Check
• Purpose: Is this request valid, what will it cost, and what is the machine doing. Also the escape hatch for experts.
• Reached by: The Check chip in the stage bar; Output › Check in the tree; a note count on the Output row.
• When: Before Render, and whenever something is refused. Everyday for the list; rare for details.

Check

• Check now · status line · stale marker when the request changed after the check
• Notes and warnings, each with a jump to the control that owns it

This request

• Method · size · samples · logical admission estimate (memory) · HDR digest captured
• Captured scene: bodies, triangles · live-preview payload bytes of the limit

Renderers

• Available backends and why one is unavailable · GPU compile progress · scene error

Under the hood (collapsed)

• Exact current request · last preflight details · job details and errors · Copy JSON
• Explicit capability boundaries · browse the capability catalogue

Stage panels (under the Browser)

Appearances

• Attached to: The Look stage · applies to the selection
• Purpose: Browse and apply opaque looks.
• Reached by: Under the tree in the Look stage.
• When: Look stage. Everyday.

Browse

• Search · scopes: In Design · Library · Recent · Favourites · categories
• Applicable first · availability badge (native, projection, reference only)
• Click applies to the selection · drag onto the model · click with nothing selected arms Paint
• SELENE opaque appearances and material concepts live in the Library scope

Surfaces and references

• Attached to: The Look stage · applies to the picked body
• Purpose: Authored PBR surfaces with maps, and physical reference data.
• Reached by: Under the tree in the Look stage: the Surfaces and References scopes of the library switch; Surface in the Appearance editor opens it.
• When: When a look needs real textures or a physical reference. Occasional.

Surfaces

• Authored PBR surfaces · source map preview · use as uniform appearance · use authored GPU maps
• Target body · plane · physical repeat scale · save maps to this shot

Physical references

• Physical profiles and candidates · prepare creation plan (read-only) · copy plan with sources

Studios and environments

• Attached to: The Light stage · applies to the scene
• Purpose: Browse and apply complete lighting set-ups and environments.
• Reached by: Under the tree in the Light stage.
• When: Light stage, first. Everyday.

Browse

• Scopes: Studios · Environments · Rigs · Mine · Specifications
• Native studios (review, then apply) · authored light rigs · built-in HDR environments · concepts and scene specifications (read only)
• Apply opens Review and apply; nothing is replaced silently

Frame presets

• Attached to: The Frame stage · applies to the current shot
• Purpose: Aspect and composition aids.
• Reached by: Under the tree in the Frame stage.
• When: Frame stage. Everyday.

Aspect

• 16:9 · 3:2 · 1:1 · 4:5 · 9:16 · Custom (choosing one resizes the output, as one undo step)

Guides

• Thirds · Safe area · Centre mark (view only, never saved)

Size and quality

• Attached to: The Output stage · applies to the Output
• Purpose: Common sizes and fixed sampling budgets.
• Reached by: Under the tree in the Output stage.
• When: Output stage. Everyday for size.

Size

• Preview 1280 × 720 · Full HD · 4K (with the limit shown) · Square · Custom

Quality specifications

• Fixed sampling budgets to review and apply (opens Review and apply)

Stage chrome

Stage tools

• Attached to: The stage bar, row 2 (current stage)
• Purpose: The tools and the handful of promoted settings of the current stage.
• Reached by: Always visible under the stage chips.
• When: Constantly. Everyday.

Look

• Pick: Body | Face | Component · Paint · Pick Up · Preview chip (opens the Preview menu)

Light

• • Add light · Lights fixed to Camera | World · Place by highlight · Handles on|off

Frame

• Perspective | Orthographic · Lens (FOV) · Look at selection · Save shot

Output

• Size menu · Format PNG | EXR · Quality Draft | Balanced | High | Custom · Check with note count

Preview menu

• Attached to: The Preview chip in the Look tools
• Purpose: What the live preview is, and how to get it back when it fails.
• Reached by: The Preview chip.
• When: When the preview looks wrong or is unavailable. Rare.

Preview

• Integrated preview: raster shading, fixed studio lighting · exposure and image lighting apply to the image only
• Retry live preview · Use integrated preview · the setup asks for an unavailable preview profile

Quick bar

• Attached to: The current selection in the view
• Purpose: One-click actions on what is selected.
• Reached by: Appears over a selected body, face or component.
• When: Look stage. Everyday.

Actions

• Name chip · Assign look · Pick up · Copy and paste look · Select same look · Remove look · Edit look

Result viewer

• Attached to: A completed render (or two, to compare)
• Purpose: Look at, compare and take away results.
• Reached by: Opens when a render finishes; View image; the Live | Render segmented control.
• When: After every render. Everyday.

Toolbar

• Live | Render 1 | Render 2 · swap · result picker · discard · Fit · 100% · Copy · Export · Retain result · Close

Status

• Matches current design | stale · captured revision · job · executor · checkpoint and provisional state
• Progress pill while rendering · display reduced to the device limit

Shots strip

• Attached to: The scene's shots and results
• Purpose: Switch shots, see their results, start renders.
• Reached by: The bottom strip; its chevron hides it.
• When: Constantly. Everyday.

Strip

• Shot thumbnails with modified dot · + Save shot · results with state · n running, m waiting
• Size chip · Render Image · All shots (n) · Update shot (shortcut of the Shot editor)

Workspace menu

• Attached to: The workspace card
• Purpose: Leave, and the few preferences about the workspace itself.
• Reached by: The Render card top left.
• When: Rare.

Menu

• Return to Design · Focus view (Tab) · Dock side · Show Shots strip

Dialogs

Review and apply

• Attached to: A resource about to replace something
• Purpose: One dialog for every apply that replaces or adds saved state, so nothing is replaced silently.
• Reached by: Apply in a stage panel; Replace in an editor.
• When: When applying a studio, rig, stage, physical plan, quality budget or map set. Occasional.

Variants

• Native studio: replaces lighting, environment, exposure and stage; kept fields; consent
• Rig: centre, extent, use captured scene bounds, include passive cards or emitters only
• Ground and stage: replace existing stage
• Physical plan: read-only, no material created, acknowledge partial data, copy plan
• Quality budget: acknowledge omissions, projected size, samples, depth
• Maps: spatial maps vs uniform approximation, saved vs temporary conflict

Confirmations

• Attached to: A destructive action
• Purpose: Confirm removal.
• Reached by: Remove shot, remove stage, remove saved optics.
• When: Rare.

Confirm

• Remove shot (the shot only; geometry and completed images stay) · Remove stage · Remove saved optics

Shortcuts

Setting	Home	Shortcuts
Render, Cancel	Stage bar (R, Esc)	Shots strip, Scene overview, Output › Render
Check	Output › Check	Stage bar Check chip, Scene overview, Output
Save shot, Update shot	Shots strip +, Shot editor	Stage bar Save shot, tree +
Output size	Output › Image	Output size chip in the stage bar, Size presets, strip size chip, aspect presets (ratio only)
Format	Output › Image	Stage bar format chips
Quality preset	Output › Sampling	Stage bar quality chips, quality specifications panel
Projection	Shot › Camera	Stage bar Perspective | Orthographic
Field of view	Shot › Camera	Stage bar lens chip
Aspect and guides	Shot › Frame	Frame presets panel, overlay chips in the view
Environment rotation	Environment › Orientation	Ring in the view
Light position and brightness	Light	Handle and dial in the view
Solo and mute	Tree row	Light › Behaviour
Add light	Lights group + in the tree	Stage bar + Add light, Lighting › Budget
Pick: Body, Face, Component	Look tools	Keys
Apply a look	Appearances panel (click, drag)	Quick bar, Appearance › Look
Fit	Navigation bar	Shot › Camera Frame subject
Change environment source	Studios and environments	Environment › Source Change
Export	Result viewer	Output › Destination

Removed

• Page switcher (11 icon pages) and the All controls page. Replaced by one editor per selection. The dense page has no home: nothing in it is a control that is not elsewhere.
• Render studio header: setup picker, setup name, Save Setup, Reload Saved Settings, Unsaved preview changes. A shot is chosen in the tree or the strip and renamed in the Shot editor. Controls write the shot through commands, with undo; Update shot and Revert remain for the camera.
• Draft confirmation: Preserve edited render settings, Save and continue, Discard. Gone with the draft.
• Live Preview | Render Result segmented control. Becomes the Live | Render control of the result viewer.
• Model | Library toggle in the Render Browser. The library is in the stage panels; the tree stays the tree.
• Pinned footer: Check Render Request, Start Render, Cancel, Export, Replace existing file, Return to Design. Render and Cancel are the stage bar; Check is the Check chip; Export is the viewer; Replace existing file is in Output; Return to Design is the workspace menu.

Where every old control went

Role is Home (the one place it lives), Shortcut (also promoted elsewhere) or Removed.

Header and footer

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Setup picker and setup name	Shot	Shot › Name; switch in the tree or the strip	Home
Save Setup, Reload Saved Settings, Unsaved preview changes	—	Every control writes the shot through its command, with undo. Update shot and Revert remain for the camera	Removed
Preserve edited render settings (Save, Discard, Keep editing)	—	Gone with the draft	Removed
Live Preview | Render Result	Result viewer	Live | Render n	Home
Check Render Request	Check	Check › Check now	Home
Start Render	Stage bar	Render (R)	Home
Cancel	Stage bar	Cancel (Esc)	Home
Export completed image	Result viewer	Export	Home
Replace existing file	Output	Destination	Home
Job status, progress bar, captured HDR and error text	Shots strip, Output	Progress pill and Output › Render	Home
Return to Design	Workspace menu	Return to Design	Home

Page strip

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Eleven page icons and the All controls page	—	One editor per selection. Nothing on All has no other home	Removed

Scene

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Scene preserves the design note	Scene	Reminders	Home
Image method	Output	Renderer	Home
GPU path tracer state (compiling, failed, unavailable)	Output	Renderer (and the Scene overview when it blocks)	Home
Browse native studios, resolve and review, apply with consent	Studios and environments, Review and apply	Studios scope; Native studio variant	Home
Browse scene specifications, SELENE shot specifications	Studios and environments	Specifications scope (read only)	Home
Ground and passive stage: margin, gap, reflectance, replace, fit and save, floor and wall, cyclorama, saved panels, remove	Environment	Ground and stage	Home
Saved shots: new name, duplicate, rename, remove	Shot	Shot › Name, duplicate, remove; Confirmations	Home

Appearance

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Editable body appearance: filter, refresh, choose body, colour, metallic, roughness, IOR, apply	Appearance	Edit (the selection replaces the body picker)	Home
Browse authored surfaces, inspect, source map preview, use uniform, use GPU maps, save maps	Surfaces and references	Surfaces	Home
Browse physical references, prepare creation plan, copy plan	Surfaces and references, Review and apply	References; Physical plan variant	Home
Browse materials, SELENE appearances	Appearances	Library scope	Home
Saved surface bindings: replace, remove, conflict with temporary overrides	Appearance	Saved with this shot	Home
GPU image materials: enable, filter, add body, per-body include, revalidate	Appearance	The picked body replaces filter and add; Revalidate stays	Home
Glass and optical absorption (recipe, IOR, thickness, absorption, shadows, interior scattering)	Appearance	Glass and absorption	Home
Clear coat over the base material	Appearance	Clear coat	Home
Planar colour and normal maps, metallic and roughness maps, origin, repeats, strength	Appearance	Maps	Home
Save optics to the setup, replace saved, saved optical targets, remove	Appearance	Saved with this shot	Home
CPU reflections: filter, choose body, Off, Mirror, Rough, add, depth, samples	Appearance, Sampling	Reflections (this body); depth and samples in Sampling	Home

Aging and contamination

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Add layer, layer list, move, remove, enabled	Wear	Layers	Home
Strength, coverage, scale, seed, colour, roughness, metallic, upward bias, surface class	Wear	Selected layer	Home
Target and coordinates: all bodies or one body, refresh, origin	Wear	Target	Home
Airborne dust and participating medium	Environment	Atmosphere	Home

Lighting

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Browse authored light rigs, inspect, fit centre and extent, include cards	Studios and environments, Review and apply	Rigs scope; Rig variant	Home
GPU: use custom studio lighting, constant environment radiance	Lighting, Environment	Light source; Source › Constant colour	Home
GPU: Sun (direction, radiance, angular radius)	Light	Type Sun	Home
GPU: area lights up to 4 (centre, half-edges U and V, radiance), add, remove	Light, Lighting	Type Area; Budget	Home
CPU: lighting preset (Neutral, Warm and cool, Key and rim), cast shadows	Lighting	Light source; Shadows and sampling	Home
CPU: custom directional lights up to 8	Light, Lighting	Type Sun (directional); Budget	Home
CPU: point lights up to 8 (position, colour, intensity, reference and minimum distance)	Light	Type Point; Falloff	Home
CPU: rectangular lights up to 4, area samples	Light, Lighting	Type Area; Shadows and sampling	Home
Raster: not supported note	Lighting, Light	Faded with the reason	Home

Environment

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Scene background colour	Environment	Backdrop › Colour	Home
Camera-only gradient backdrop (mode, colours, centre, radius)	Environment	Backdrop › Gradient	Home
Browse original HDR environments, embed	Studios and environments	Environments scope	Home
GPU environment: none, artistic sky, HDR file; choose, check, details, sRGB primaries	Environment	Source	Home
Sky gradient: zenith, horizon, ground	Environment	Source › Sky	Home
Environment intensity and rotation	Environment	Orientation and strength	Home
CPU environment: none, constant, HDR; colour; HDR lighting samples	Environment	Source	Home
Bounded homogeneous volume	Environment	Atmosphere	Home

Backgrounds

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Camera background colour and backdrop	Environment	Backdrop	Home
Apply to retained raw master	Effects	Regrade	Home
Physical floor and wall, cyclorama	Environment	Ground and stage	Home
HDR illumination is separate (jump to Environment)	Environment	Source	Home

Camera

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Perspective, vertical field of view, eye distance, target, yaw, pitch, roll	Shot	Camera	Home
Fit Product	Navigation bar	Fit (shortcut: Shot › Frame subject)	Shortcut
Restore Saved Camera	Shot	Revert	Home
Depth of field: enable, aperture radius, focus distance	Shot	Lens	Home
Fit Image, 100% (result)	Result viewer	Toolbar	Home

Lens and finishing effects

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Creative look stack: add, order, remove, enabled, strength	Effects	Creative looks	Home
Lens-inspired effects: flare, chromatic offset, distortion, soft focus, sharpening, grain, seed, reset	Effects	Lens effects	Home
Presentation filters: RGB gain, contrast, saturation, vignette, bloom, reset	Effects	Finishing	Home
Regrade the raw master	Effects	Regrade	Home
Retain raw linear EXR	Output	Image › Format	Home

Output

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Export format: display PNG or raw linear EXR	Output	Image › Format	Home
Width, height, lock aspect, swap, HD, Full HD, 4K, largest at this aspect, limits	Output, Size and quality	Image › Size; the presets in Size and quality	Home
GPU samples, path depth, seed	Sampling	Path tracing	Home
Nested dielectrics, adaptive sampling, transmission strata	Sampling	Adaptive; Glass transport	Home
Tone mapping, denoise	Effects, Sampling	Tone; Path tracing	Home
CPU: resource profile, sampling mode, edge samples, progressive samples and seed	Sampling	CPU ray tracing	Home
Exposure EV	Shot	Exposure	Home
Transparent background	Output	Image	Home
Browse and review quality specifications, apply fixed budget	Size and quality, Review and apply	Quality specifications; Quality variant	Home
Completed image preview, Open in the main canvas	Result viewer	Opens over the view	Home

Diagnostics

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Live-preview payload bytes, scene error	Check	Renderers; This request	Home
Refresh captured scene summary, bodies, triangles	Check	This request	Home
Last preflight: memory estimate, warnings, details	Check	This request; Under the hood	Home
Captured job details, exact current request, Copy JSON	Check	Under the hood	Home
Explicit capability boundaries, capability catalogue	Check	Under the hood	Home

Stage bar

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Pick Body, Face, Component; Paint; Pick Up	Stage tools, Quick bar	Look	Home
Preview note and gear	Preview menu	Preview	Home
Lights fixed to Camera or World	Stage tools	Light	Home
Perspective | Orthographic	Stage tools	Frame (shortcut of Shot › Camera)	Shortcut
Output size and format chips, Check	Stage tools	Output (shortcuts of Output, Sampling, Check)	Shortcut

Browser

Old control	Now in	Section	Role
Model | Library toggle	—	The library is in the stage panels	Removed