Image viewer interface

Sets viewer to image , timeline , or graph mode.

Which image plane to display (Color, Alpha, Point, etc).

Sets the zoom level, from 12.5% to 800%.

Sets the viewport layout, from 1×1 (1 viewport only) to 4×4.

These three buttons step move back and forward along the sequence.

Maximizes the current viewport to fill the entire viewing area, hiding any other viewports. Click again to restore the viewport’s original size and position.

When on, changing various controls, like the color correction and component controls, or the display item toggles, will affect all viewports. If off, only the current viewport is affected by these controls.

When on, zooming or panning in one viewport will zoom and pan all viewports.

Zooms in/out one level (2x).

Zooms the image to 100%. Hold Shift and click to zoom to fit.

When on, automatically fits the image to the viewport. If Exact Pixel Size is also on, this will ensure the image is always centered at actual size (no zooming). This is automatically turned off if you pan across the image.

Always shows the image at actual size (100% scale), regardless of viewport size. This is automatically turned off if you manually zoom.

Deselects any portion of the image has been selected (by dragging).

Lets you save the current viewport’s current frame to a file.

Shrinks or enlarges the MPlay window to fit the image. If more than one viewport is shown, resizes all viewports to the size of the largest viewport.

Open the Display Options window . Click again to hide the window.

Turn this option off to disable updates of the viewport (the viewport will show black). Use this to speed up complex operations.

Displays information in the top-left corner of the Viewport.

Displays all handles.

Shows gamuts and image border outline.

Shows a small preview of the entire image in the bottom-left corner. In MPlay, you can click in this preview to pan to that spot, and drag to select the viewing region.

When on, shows alpha transparency of the image. Most useful when used in conjunction with a background image.

When on, shows an image behind the current frame. Only visible if Transparency is on. Set the background image on the Background tab of the display options window.

Toggles the Magnify window, which shows the area under the mouse cursor zoomed 10x with inspection and HSV info.

These five buttons control which color plane(s) to show. The first icon shows all the planes (Red, Green, Blue, Alpha/Component 4). The next four turn the individual planes on or off.

The Alpha/Component 4 button will show the the fourth component plane if one exists, otherwise it shows the alpha channel.

The default hotkeys for these buttons are ~, 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Click this button to switch between Brightness/Contrast controls and Black/White Points.

Press R to reset all color correction controls to their default values.

Click the brightness button to reset the brightness to 1.

Enter a value in the number field for the brightness, or click in the field to show a slider.

The button turns red when brightness is not 1.

Click the contrast button to reset the contrast to 1.

Enter a value in the number field for the contrast, or click in the field to show a slider.

The button turns red when contrast is not 1.

This value is added to all pixels, effectively shifting the brightness of the entire image up or down. This can be useful for looking through intensity “slices” of the image.

The black point of the image, normally 0. This is applied after any image-specific white and black points, so 0 is always black and 1 is always white, regardless of the image data format.

The white point of the image, normally 1. This is applied after any image-specific white and black points, so 0 is always black and 1 is always white, regardless of the image data format.

Click the gamma button to reset the contrast to the default set in the display options window .

Enter a value in the number field for the gamma, or click in the field to show a slider.

The button turns red when gamma is not 1.

Adjusts the black and white points to fit the minimum and maximum pixel values of the current image.

Pixel location and value.

Information on sequence under the cursor, plus the frame and filename information.

Information on the X/Y position under the cursor.

Pixel values in 0-1 form.

Raw pixel values, as they are stored (0-255 for 8 bit values, 0-65535 for 16 bit values, and so on).

Hue, saturation, and luminance of the pixel.

Pixel coordinates of the mouse pointer.

UV (0-1) coordinates of the mouse pointer.

Only displayed if the Inspect LUT option on the Correction tab of the display options window is on. Shows a reverse mapping of the value through the LUT. This is useful for Cineon LUTs, to see the original Cineon numbers.

Show nodes with display flags on, along with their state information and manipulators.

Show nodes with display flags on, but with the selected node’s manipulator (if the selected node is upstream from the node with the display flag).

This lets you work with the manipulator of the current node while viewing the end result (the node with the display flag).

Show the “current” node, along with its state information and manipulators.

Lets you choose display units (Frames or Seconds), and the grid density (none, low, medium, high).

Sets the rate at which previews appear in the sequence. Turn previews on in the display toolbar to see the previews.

Shows preview thumbnails on the timelines. Set the interval between previews with the Preview control on the Control toolbar.

Shows/hides boxes around the time a frame is visible.

Shows regions controlled by Cycle, Mirror, Hold and Hold for N Frames conditions on the timeline.

Shows/hides a vertical blue line at the current time.

Frequencies of occurrence of pixel values in the image as a bar graph.

Frequencies of occurrence of hues in the image as a bar graph (you must have a vector plane of 3 or 4 elements).

Frequencies of occurrence of saturation levels in the image as a bar graph.

Frequencies of occurrence of pixel value levels in the image as a bar graph.

These 8 graphs show the pixel value, hue, saturation or value of pixel rows or columns in the image. The values are plotted as individual points. Dense regions of the graph will appear more white than blue.

Saturation range of the different hues in the image. Dense regions of the graph (ie, many occurrences of the same hue-saturation pair) will appear whiter than the normal hue.

Value range of different hues in the image. Dense regions of the graph (ie, many occurrences of the same hue-saturation pair) will appear whiter than the normal hue.

The viewport automatically pans and zooms to show the full horizontal domain of the graph.

The viewport automatically pans and zooms to show the full vertical range of the graph.

Ignores the top 2% of data points when calculating the full vertical range of values for Vertical Adapt. This keeps spikes in the data from affecting the vertical range.

Shows the occurrence of pixel component values.

Shows the occurrence of the pixel hues.

Shows the occurrence of pixel saturations.

Shows the occurrence of pixel values (that is, level of brightness, as in hue, saturation, and value).

Shows the color transformation that the image is under. Only used in the COP viewer, for Blue Color correction nodes.

Shows the pixel’s values mapped along the Y axis, and the horizontal/vertical position along the X.

Same as above, but for hue, saturation, or value.

Plots each hue’s saturation, showing how saturated the various colors in the image are.

Plots each hue’s value, showing how bright the various colors in the image are.