This is sort of an on/off
switch for VIPER, LightWave??™s virtual preview render
system, which we discuss shortly.
Render
The presence of a Render tool category within the
Render tab might seem confusing??”or at least
redundant??”but it all makes sense: The Render
tools let you click a button to render a single frame,
a scene, a selected object, or preview a motion blur
right in Layout. Click MB Preview to see any motion
blur your scene might be using. You can also see
that there is a Render Frame button. This is why the
tool was dimmed earlier in the chapter when you
edited menus.
Figure 2.46 The Render tab encompasses
all of your necessary render tools.
Without these, you see nothing!
Figure 2.47 The Render Globals
panel, accessible from the Render
tab??™s Options tools.
Utilities
The Utilities category of the Render tab is where you find the tools for additional render
options. First is VIPER, short for Virtual Interactive Preview Renderer.You can use VIPER
to instantly see changes to surfaces, particles, and volumetrics, without performing a formal
render. This saves time! You??™ll use VIPER in the next chapter??™s tutorials.
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