Editing¶

New¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ New
Shortcut:: Alt-N

Create a new Generated Image.

Open¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Open
Shortcut:: Alt-O

Load an image from a file.

Open Cached Render¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Open Cached Render
Shortcut:: Ctrl-R

Find the render cache file for the current scene and load it into the Render Result. This way, you can restore the last render from a previous Blender session and continue working in the Compositor without having to render the scene again.

Note that Blender doesn’t create these cache files by default. You have to enable Cache Result in the scene’s Output options and then render it at least once.

Replace¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Replace

Replace the current image by another.

Reload¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Reload
Shortcut:: Alt-R

Reload the image from the file on drive.

Edit Externally¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Edit Externally

Open the image in the Image Editor program specified in the File Paths Preferences.

Copy/Paste¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Copy/Paste

Copy and pastes imaged to/from a computers operating system.

Currently, only PNG files are supported and Linux support requires Wayland.

Save¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Save
Shortcut:: Alt-S

Save the image to its current path.

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While animation renders are automatically saved, still renders are not. These have to be saved manually.

Save As¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Save As
Shortcut:: Shift-Alt-S

Save the image to a separate file of any type. The image output settings can be configured and are the same as the Render Output Properties.

Save a Copy¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Save a Copy

Save the file under a specified name, but keep the old one open in the Image editor.

Save All Images¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Save All Images

Save all modified images. Packed images will be repacked.

Invert¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Invert

Invert Image Colors: Invert the colors of an image.
Invert Red/Green/Blue/Alpha Channel: Invert a single color channel.

Resize¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Resize

Adjust the image size in pixels.

Transform¶

Flip Horizontally: Mirrors the image so the left side becomes the right side.
Flip Vertically: Mirrors the image so the top becomes the bottom.

Rotate 90° Clockwise: Rotates the image clockwise 90°.
Rotate 90° Counter-Clockwise: Rotates the image counter-clockwise 90°.
Rotate 180°: Rotates the image 180°.

Pack¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Pack

Pack the image into the blend-file. See Packed Data.

Unpack¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Unpack

Unpack the image to a drive.

Extract Palette¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Extract Palette

Extract a Color Palette from the image for use by painting tools.

Generate Grease Pencil¶

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Mode:: All Modes
Menu:: Image ‣ Generate Grease Pencil

Create a Grease Pencil object using the currently selected image as a source.