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 images 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.