Karma render region?

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Is there an easier way to select a render region in Karma outside of typing something like .5 .5 .6 .6 into the Data Window NDC fields?
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Yes. It´s not the best, but works. Use space+5 to go the image viewport and use shift+drag to create the region when Karma is active.
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Yes. It´s not the best, but works. Use space+5 to go the image viewport and use shift+drag to create the region when Karma is active.

Oh nice, that works great! For me it's alt-drag though.
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that is a good tip!
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I believe it was jsmack that shared a much nicer way of doing render regions than the wonky stage image view. In the stage viewer, switch to the 2D Pan and Zoom view and drag a region with Shift+LMB. Clear regions by clicking Shift+LMB.

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That is very good to know.
There definitely needs to be a button for that. Hidden features like this make the learning curve steeper, and the adoption rate slower.
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Great to know. I've used Solaris so much and was always using the image view/fixed aspect ratio one. That works fine, but it would be nice to be able to pick any size you want.
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Cool. Is it possible in Karma to do this at render time?
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In addition to Siavash Tehrani's answer, there's also a "Render Region" button on the left viewport shelf.

Edited by AnimGraphLab - April 3, 2023 07:09:55

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