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View Tab

See and set the 2D cursor location.

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View Tab

See and set the 2D cursor location.

This panel is just visible in Mask mode.

Introduction

Introduction

The View tab contains some view related settings. And it contains the annotation panel.

Display Panel

Display Panel
EntryWhat it does
Aspect Ratio X , YSet the aspect ratio of the image.
RepeatWith this ticked the image is repeated in the UV Image canvas.

Annotations Panel

Annotations Panel

Manage the Annotation layers and materials.

When you don't have drawn an annotation yet then the panel just contains a New button.

Annotations Panel

Annotations prop

Annotations prop

Add, remove and rename new annotations.

Drop down box

A list of the available annotation layers.

EntryWhat it does
Edit BoxThe name of the current annotation. You can rename the annotation to your needs here.
Fake UserAssign a fake user to this annotation. Fake users is an odd concept to keep data in the scene even if it has no user somewhere. The fake user is then a dummy user so that the object is not deleted when saving the scene.
Add AnnotationAdd a new annotation.
Delete AnnotationDelete the annotation.

List of Annotation Strokes

List of Annotation Strokes
List of Annotation Strokes

Here you see your Annotation layers for the current Annotation. Every layer can have an own color.

At the right side you find buttons to sort them and to add and remove new Annotation layers.

You can change the color by clicking at the color field. A color dialog will pop up. You can rename annotation layers by double clicking at it.

The eye icon allows you to make it invisible And it has a search field.

EntryWhat it does
OpacityThe annotation layer opacity.
ThicknessThe thickness of the annotation stroke.
Frame Locked/UnlockedLock frame displayed by current layer. This toggles whether the active layer is the only one that can be edited. · Delete active frame: Delete the active frame from the active annotation layer.