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Reopened Scene Looks Different in Viewport

DNSHoytDNSHoyt Posts: 15
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If I change the position of a character, direction of the viewport, lighting, etc., save the scene and reopen it, it looks different. I have to move the viewport around to get the same view as I had, the character may be completely out of view, sometimes the lighting looks completely different, like it got reset to the default settings or something. When I load scenes from other artists (like SickleYields benchmark scene), my scenes look exactly like theirs, so I'm sure there's something obvious I'm missing -- what is it?

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  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,842

    Perspective View is not saved (nor are its chnages tracked for Undo). If you want a viewpoint to be rmembered you need to use an actual camera - you can create one at the curent viewpoint, if you find one you want to keep, by using Create>New Camera, then clicking the More Options button to show a set of extra radio buttons and choosing the option to copy the current Perspective View.

  • DNSHoytDNSHoyt Posts: 15
    Richard Haseltine said:

    Perspective View is not saved (nor are its chnages tracked for Undo). If you want a viewpoint to be rmembered you need to use an actual camera - you can create one at the curent viewpoint, if you find one you want to keep, by using Create>New Camera, then clicking the More Options button to show a set of extra radio buttons and choosing the option to copy the current Perspective View.

    Thanks. Any idea about the lighting?

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 100,842

    If the headlamp was on (no scene lights, just the HDR and/or emissive surfaces) then it would chnage as the viewpoint changed.

  • My 3D SpinMy 3D Spin Posts: 608

    Always use a Camera to saved scenes if you want your scene as you left it

  • Roman_K2Roman_K2 Posts: 1,239

    Yeah. For example if I set something up I might save it with a filename such as "farm scene lower forty Feb 2019". And then I'd save the camera angle with a name like "farm scene Feb 2019 CAMERA RESET". This way, if I am messing around with the scene at any point in the future -- for example I might want to zoom in on a character to adjust the eyes -- I can get back to where I was by going to File > Merge > and I'll click on the name of the file that brings back the desired camera position.

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