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The Viewer Options Menu
The Options menu of the viewer contains several ways you can customize the look and behavior of
the viewer. Many of these options are also in the viewer contextual menu.
Show Controls
When onscreen controls are not necessary or are getting in the way of evaluating the image, you can
temporarily hide them using the Show Controls option. This option is toggled using Command-K.
Checker Underlay
The Checker Underlay shows a checkerboard beneath transparent pixels to make it easier to identify
transparent areas. This is the default option for 2D viewers. Disabling this option replaces the
checkerboard with black.
Pixel Grid
Enabling this option will show a light black grid that outlines the exact boundaries of pixels in the
image when the image is scaled past a certain threshold. The default is Off.
Smooth Resize
The Smooth Resize option uses a smoother bilinear interpolated resizing method when zooming into
an image in the viewer. When Smooth Resize is disabled, scaling uses the nearest neighbor method
and shows noticeable aliasing artifacts but is more useful for seeing the actual pixels of the viewed
image when you zoom all the way down to a pixel level since there is no interpolation. This option is
enabled by default and can be toggled by clicking on the SmR button in the viewer toolbar.
Show Square Pixels
Depending on the frame format preferences and the type of footage loaded, many images may have
pixels that are rectangular instead of square. Both the NTSC and PAL video standards, as well as some
anamorphic film formats, use rectangular pixels. A computer monitor uses perfectly square pixels. To
compensate for this, aspect correction is automatically performed when viewing non-square pixels.
This prevents non-square pixel images from appearing squashed or stretched in the viewer.
You can enable the Show Square Pixels option to override the aspect correction. Show Square Pixels
can also be toggled on and off using the 1:1 button in the viewer toolbar.
Gain/Gamma
Exposes or hides a simple pair of Gain and Gamma sliders that let you adjust the viewed image.
Especially useful for “gamma slamming” a composite to see how well it holds up with a variety of
gamma settings. Defaults to no change.
360º View
Sets the Fusion page viewer to properly display spherical imagery in a variety of formats, selectable
from this submenu. Disable toggles 360 viewing on or off, while Auto, LatLong, Vert Cross, Horiz
Cross, Vert Strip, and Horiz Strip let you properly display different formats of 360º video.
Locking the Viewer (Command-L)
You can lock a viewer to prevent it from updating. The node that’s loaded into that viewer still
processes and the new image is queued for display in the viewer, but until you unlock it, the viewer
does not update. By default, the viewer is unlocked.
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