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This page offers information on about the toolbars of Chaos Vantage.  



Overview

Chaos Vantage has three sets of toolbar icons buttons that reside in Topin Top, Bottom and Status toolbars.

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You can use Use the right mouse button click to reset the parameters numeric values to defaults.



Top toolbar

 


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Selection and transformation toolbar

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Select. (Shortcut: Q)Not available when in Live Link.

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Select group. (Shortcut: Shift+Q). Found by clicking and holding the Select button. Not available when in Live Link.

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Enters Move mode. (Shortcut: W). Use move gizmo's center cube to place objects on surface normal. Use Shift + move gizmo's center cube to place objects on surface without changing object orientation. Right-click opens the Move Transform dialogue.

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Not available when in Live Link.

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Enters Rotate mode. (Shortcut: E). Right-click opens the Rotate Transform dialogue.

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Not available when in Live Link.

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Enters Scale mode. (Shortcut: R). Right-click opens the Scale Transform dialogue.

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Not available when in Live Link.

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Translates an object's pivot point. Right-click opens the Translate Pivot dialogue.

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urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Translate+Pivot+Menu
Not available when in Live Link. See the How to move and adjust pivot points in Chaos Vantage video.

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Enables Transforms snapping (Shortcut: S). Right-click opens the Snapping options dialogue. 

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Visible only when Move, Rotate, Scale, or Translate pivot is selected.

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Specifies

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Pauses the render. (Shortcut: Pause )

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Enables/disables rendering of opacity maps. Note that opacity works as a clipper - it is either fully transparent or fully opaque.

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Enters Collision mode. It allows the camera to collide into objects instead of going through them. Works only in Free look mode. (Shortcut: C )

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Enters Free look mode. (Shortcut:` )

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Choose

the coordinate space for transformations. The default is World.

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Click the arrow to choose between World and Local space. Visible only when Move, Rotate, Scale, or Translate pivot is selected.

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Select. (Shortcut: Q )

Select group. Found by clicking and holding the Selection button.

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Enters Move mode. (Shortcut: W )

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Enters Rotate mode. (Shortcut: E )

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Enters Scale mode. (Shortcut: R )

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Translates an object's pivot point.

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Navigates around cursor ray hit.

Navigates around target.

Navigates around selection.

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Creation toolbar

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Opens the Chaos Cosmos Browser window.

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Not available when in Live Link. See the Shading Scenes with Chaos Cosmos Materials tutorial.

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Creates a new Chaos Scatter object. Not available when in Live Link. See the How to Work with Chaos Scatter tutorial.

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Create a new Fur object. Not available when in Live Link.

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Opens a dropdown menu with different lights types. Click on a light to create it. Available lights are: Point, Spot, Directional, Rectangle, Disc, Sphere, and IES. Not available when in Live Link. (Shortcut: L)

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Creates a new camera from current view. Not available when in Live Link. (Shortcut: Ctrl + K)

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Creates a new scene state with all necessary scene sub-states. Not available when in Live Link.

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urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Scene+States+Tab

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Settings toolbar

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Opens camera settings:

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Vantage_TopToobar_FocusPoint.pngImage Added – Picks focus point.(Shortcut: T)

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urlhttps://docs.chaos.com/display/LAV/Composition+Guides+Overlay+Dialog

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Vantage_TopToobar_exposure.PNGImage Added – Adjusts the Exposure bias value.

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Opens navigation settings:

Vantage_TopToobar_FreeLook.PNGImage Added – Enters Free look mode. (Shortcut: `) See the Freelook section of the Navigation video.

Vantage_TopToobar_Collision.PNGImage Added – Enters Collision mode. It allows the camera to collide into objects instead of going through them. Works only in Free look mode. (Shortcut: C) See the Collision section of the Navigation video.

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Increases the mouse precision for navigation. This option is useful for fine camera adjustments. 

Move speed – Specifies the speed at which the camera moves.

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Picks focus point.(Shortcut: T )

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Opens the Chaos Cosmos Browser window.

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Adjusts the Exposure value.

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The value is in meters per second. See the Move Speed section of the Navigation video.

Eye height – Sets the eye height for the camera in meters when in Free look mode and Collision mode is enabled. Visible only when Collision mode is enabled. See the Eye Height section of the Navigation video.

Vantage_Popup.PNGImage Added – Opens advanced collision settings. Visible only when Collision mode is enabled.

Step height ratio – Adjusts sensitivity when climbing steps or obstacles. Higher values allow stepping on higher surfaces.

Height tolerance – Specifies the height up to which no collision is detected. For example, if you have small rocks or grass below that value, they are ignored and the camera does not bounce up and down.

Gravity – Specifies the acceleration applied on the camera when collision is enabled.

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Opens render settings:

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Vantage_TopToolbar_PauseRendering.pngImage Added – Pauses rendering.

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Vantage_TopToobar_ToggleOpacity.pngImage Added – Enables/disables rendering of opacity maps. Note that opacity works as a clipper - it is either fully transparent or fully opaque.

Vantage_TopToobar_CC.pngImage Added – Enables color correction post processes.

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Vantage_Toolbar_Resolution.pngImage Added – Sets the resolution of the render. Available options are: 25% of the current camera resolution, 50% of the current camera resolution, current camera resolution, 25% of the viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio, 50% of the viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio, viewport resolution keeping current camera aspect ratio.

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Beauty – Previews the complete render.
Atmosphere – Previews the atmospheric effects Simple fog 1, Simple fog 2 and Scattered fog.
Background – Previews the image background.
Diffuse Filter – Previews the pure diffuse surface color. 
Global Illumination – Previews the diffuse surface global illumination.
Lighting – Previews the diffuse direct surface lighting.
Reflection – Previews the reflections on the surface.
Refraction – Previews the refractions on the surface.
Specular –  Previews the surface specular highlights.
Self-Illumination – Previews the self-illumination of surfaces.
Bumped Normals – Previews the normals generated by bump maps, in screen space.
Z-Depth – Previews the z-depth of the scene.
Material Mask – Previews the randomly assigned material IDs at initial scene load.
Object Mask – Previews the randomly assigned object IDs at initial scene load.

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View modes except for Beauty render with a disabled Denoiser regardless of setting.

Vantage_Toolbar_Quality.pngImage Added – Sets the quality of the render. Available options are: Low, Medium, High, Ultra, Custom. The presets can be modified my changing the render_quality_presets.json file located in  "%AppData%\Chaos Group\Vantage"

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Low – Sets the rendering quality using the following values:

GI – Off;
GI bounces – 1;
Reflection bounces – 2;
Refraction bounces – 4;
Coat – On;
Shading graph – Off;
Noise threshold – 0.5;
Opacity maps(clip) – Off;
Shading graph for glossy/GI – Off;

Medium – Sets the rendering quality using the following settings:

GI - On;
GI bounces – 2;
Reflection bounces – 2;
Refraction bounces – 8;
Coat – On;
Shading graph – On;
Noise threshold – 0.1;
Opacity maps(clip) – Off;
Shading graph for glossy/GI – Off;

High – Sets the rendering quality using the following settings:

GI – On;
GI bounces – 3;
Reflection bounces – 8;
Refraction bounces – 8;
Coat – On;
Shading graph – On;
Noise threshold – 0.05;
Opacity maps(clip) – On;
Shading graph for glossy/GI – Off;

Ultra – Sets the rendering quality using the following settings:

GI – On;
GI bounces – 4;
Reflection bounces – 15;
Refraction bounces – 15;
Coat – On;
Shading graph – On
Noise threshold – 0.01;
Opacity maps(clip) – On;
Shading graph for glossy/GI – On;

Custom – Sets the rendering quality using the settings from the Render settings tab.

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Enables/disables Look up tables (LUT) post process effect.

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Enables/disables Bloom effect.

 

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Opens View filters. Available when the Select, Move, Rotate, Scale, or Move Pivot tools are enabled.

Light Gizmos – Turns on or off the gizmos of the lights in the scene.

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Enables NVIDIA upscaling denoiser. Switches the render core to render at half the resolution and upscales the result to match the required resolution. Available only when Primary denoiser in Edit>Preferences>Render defaults is set to NVIDIA OptiX AI and driver version is 530 or newer.

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Sets the quality of NVIDIA DLSS denoiser and upscaler. Available only when Primary denoiser in Edit>Preferences>Render defaults is set to DLSS Ray Reconstruction and driver version is 537.13 or newer.

Performance (4X) – Switches the render core to render at a quarter of the resolution and upscales the result to match the required resolution and performs spatial and temporal anti-aliasing.
Balanced (3X) – Switches the render core to render at a 1/3 of the resolution and upscales the result to match the required resolution and performs spatial and temporal anti-aliasing. Available only when Secondary denoiser is set to Same as Primary.
Quality (2.25X) – Switches the render core to render at a relatively half of the resolution and upscales the result to match the required resolution and performs spatial and temporal anti-aliasing. Available only when Secondary denoiser is set to Same as Primary.
DLLA (1X) – Renders at full required resolution and performs spatial and temporal anti-aliasing.

 



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Expands the Animation Editor

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Sets the playback speed.

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When enabled, loops the animation.

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Plays once the animation. (Shortcut: Space )

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Loops the animation. Press and hold the Play once button to select the Loop option.

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Creates a new camera and records its movement.

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Sets start of animation sequence

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Sets end of animation sequence

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Renders high quality sequence.

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When enabled, automatically updates image sequences and animated meshes for the current frame of the timeline or when scrubbing the timeline. Does not update when playing the animation from the Play button. Not available in Live Link. (Shortcut: U)

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Opens Render setup dialog

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Renders high quality snapshot.

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(Shortcut: Ctr+R)

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Quick saves Saves a high quality snapshot of the current view in the project folder from where the .vrscene scene file has been imported.
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You can crop your animation sequence using the Set Start and Set End markers

 

 For more information on how to use the bottom toolbar buttons, check the Create Camera Animations in Animation Editor tutorial.



Status Bar

The status bar resides in the bottom of Chaos Vantage. Here you can find information about: 


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  • Important messages such as:
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    • loading progress
    • quick tips
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  • Render status status – Displays the current Chaos Vantage status. Status can be:
    • [RENDERING] – Interactively rendering the scene.
    • [HQ RENDER] – Rendering offline image or a sequence.
    • [CAM REC.] – Recording camera movement.
    • [ENCODING] – Capturing and encoding viewport to an .mp4 file.
    • [LIVE LINK] – Live Link session is initiated between Chaos Vantage and a V-Ray compatible DCC.
    • [PAUSED] – Rendering is paused.
    • [IDLE] – Rendering is idling after the specified samples(in Edit>Preferences>Stop interactive sapling after)are reached.
    • [IDLE][LIVE LINK] – Rendering is idling after the specified samples(in Edit>Preferences>Stop interactive sapling after)are reached while in Live Link session.
 
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  • Rendering device(s) – List of graphic cards used for rendering.

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    Note that Chaos Vantage will use up to 2 graphic cards and also those with most compute power e.g. if there is a RTX card and a GTX card, Chaos Vantage will use the RTX card but if you have 2 RTX cards, it will use both.

  • FPS – Speed of the rendered frames per second. Hovering over displays information about:
    • Render time – Time spent in seconds rendering the last frame.
    • Samples accumulated – Amount of samples currently accumulated in the last frame.
    • Last post-process – Time spent for post-processing effects. in the last frame.
  • VRAM — Current amount of VRAM used for the scene. Hovering over displays information about:
    • Primary device total memory – Memory of the primary graphic card used for rendering.
    • Primary device available memory – Currently available memory of the graphic card used for rendering.
    • Number of BLASes – Number of Bottom Level Acceleration Structure (BLAS) currently loaded on the GPU.
 
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