Image Buffer Editor#

The Image Buffer Editor is a widget dedicated to create and manage image buffers.

Image Buffer Editor

(1) Add Buffer (2) Remove Buffer (3) Selected Buffer Name (4) Arrange Hierarchically (5) Layer Description (6) Opacity Blending Mode (7) Layer Output Pixel Format (7) Channel Name (9) Visual Hint Mode

Adding/Removing Buffers#

To add a new empty image buffer press Add Buffer (1). This will create a new empty image buffer named new_layer.

To rename the buffer just change its name using the text edit (3). Please note, image buffer names must be unique. You can't have 2 buffers sharing the same name.

To Add a new channel, press the \(+\) button next to the channel name.

To rename the channel name, just use the text edit (8).

Existing channels can be removed using the \(-\) button.

To remove a buffer, just select it then press Remove Buffer (2).

Image Buffers that are greyed out are built-in image buffers. They cannot be edited or deleted.

Hierarchical Display#

Image Buffers can be displayed as a tree in the AOV Editor. To display an image buffer as a tree in the AOV Editor, just check Arrange Hierarchically (5) button. The AOV Editor will use the _ in the name as a separator so that my_custom_aov1 and my_custom_aov2 will be displayed:

Output Pixel Format#

The Output Pixel Format sets how the image buffer should be stored in the output image files. Internally image buffers are stored in 32-bit float.

Opacity Blending Mode#

It is possible to control how subsamples are blended together during rendering.

Visual Hint Mode#

It is possible to bind visual hints to image buffers or AOVs using the Image Buffer Editor. The Image View uses this information to apply the proper real-time display filter when showing an AOV.

To attach a Visual Hint to an image buffer or AOV, just set the Visual Hint Mode you wish to use.