Editing¶
Open Cache Render¶
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Ctrl-R
Load the current scene’s render layers from disk cache, if available. This can be used to save RAM while rendering because the render layers do not have to be saved in RAM. And also for recovering some information from a fail render. For this to work, Save Buffers must be enabled.
Replace¶
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Ctrl-R
Replaces the current image throughout the blend-file with another image.
Edit Externally¶
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Using the Edit Externally tool Blender will open an external image editor, as specified in the Preferences and load in the image to be edited.
Save¶
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Alt-S
Save the image, if the image is already a file.
Important
Rendered images are not automatically saved, they have to be saved to drive manually.
Save As¶
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Shift-Alt-S
Save the (rendered) image in a separate file.
Save a Copy¶
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Using Save as Copy will save the file to a specified name, but will keep the old one open in the Image editor.
Save All Images¶
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Save all modified images. Packed images will be repacked.
Invert¶
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- Invert Image Colors
Invert the colors of an image.
- Invert Channel
Red, Green, Blue, Alpha
Flip¶
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This operator mirrors the image across a specified axis. Use this to alter the perspective of an image giving an alternative viewpoint; this can make an image more visually appealing or highlight some visual flaw.
- Horizontally
Mirrors the image so the left side becomes the right side.
- Vertically
Mirrors the image so the top becomes the bottom.
Extract Palette¶
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Extracts a Color Palette from the image for use by other tools.
Generate Grease Pencil¶
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Creates a Grease Pencil object using the currently selected image as a source.