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- The preview size is defined under Preference > Preview > Default Options or a camera's “Width” and “Height” parameters.
- To hide the grid press the G key.
- The camera's viewport frames are disabled under View > Camera Safe Frame.
- The scene's node list in the viewport's upper left corner is disabled under Preferences > Display > Display Info.
- Decide, which scene elements you want to see in preview and hide unwanted nodes.
- The preview range can be adjusted with the timeline's playback frame fields (see below).- green is the start frame, red the stop frame.
Your preview can be recorded from any perspective view or a camera:
- Display shelf > OpenGL Preview
- RealFlow will go through the given playback range, load the simulation data, and record each frame to disk.
- Once the frames have been recorded they are assembled and shown in the → “Movie Player”.
The OpenGL preview icon.
Screenshot Previews
If you want to use this method please activate the appropriate export resource first:
- Export > Export Central (F12) > PREVIEW > Image sequence (*)
- Double-click on the “tga” option for a list with available file formats.
With this method, RealFlow will take a 1:1 screenshot from the viewport:
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- The size of the rendered images is controlled with the camera's “Width” and “Height” parameters.
- If desired, adjust the playback range with the timeline (see timeline image “Open GL Previews”).
- Materials can be applied manually for every node under Node Params > Maxwell Render > Material.
- Lighting, image quality, sampling level etc. are adjusted under Display shelf > Maxwell Scene Preferences.
- Click on Display shelf > Maxwell Preview
- Once the frames have been rendered they are assembled and shown in the → “Movie Player”.