Using your Twinmotion scenes, you can create images and panoramas and apply ambience settings to them in order to produce final renderings. You can also apply View sets to images and panoramas to show multiple variations of the same scene, or to show the phases of a construction project. The steps for creating an image or a panorama in Twinmotion are similar.
For information on View sets, see Working with View Sets.
Creating an Image or a Panorama
To create an image or a panorama from the Media dock, follow the steps below:
You can also create images in the Sequence tool by taking snapshots that are automatically saved as images in the Media dock. For more information, see Creating Snapshots in the Creating Sequences page.
Click Media in the Footer to open the Media dock.
In the Media dock, click the Image or Panorama icon.
Image icon Panorama icon To create an image, click the Add image icon.
To create a panorama, click the Add pano icon.
To edit the ambience settings of an image or panorama, select the thumbnail of the image or panorama.
The ambience settings you can edit and apply to create your final rendering appear in the Ambience panel.
Ambience Settings
Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts
Ambience settings can be applied to more than one image or panorama at a time if you select multiple image or panorama thumbnails before you apply the settings. You can also copy and paste ambience settings using keyboard shortcuts instead of using the commands in the Media menu.
The following keyboard and mouse shortcuts can be used to select multiple image or panorama thumbnails, and to copy and paste ambience settings.
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Multi-select adjacent thumbnails | Click the first thumbnail to select it, then hold down the Shift key and click the last thumbnail you want to select. |
Multi-select nonadjacent thumbnails | Click the first thumbnail to select it, then hold down the Ctrl key (Windows) or Command key (macOS) and click the other thumbnails you want to select. |
Copy ambience settings |
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Paste ambience settings to one or more thumbnails. |
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Copying Ambience Settings
In the Media dock, hover over the thumbnail of an image or panorama.
Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Media menu and select Copy ambience.
You can also copy ambience settings by clicking the thumbnail to select it and pressing Ctrl + C (Windows) or Command-C (macOS).
Pasting Ambience Settings to One Thumbnail
In the Media dock, hover over the thumbnail where you want to paste the ambience settings.
Click the ellipsis (...) to open the Media menu and select Paste ambience.
You can also paste ambience settings by selecting the thumbnail and pressing Ctrl + V (Windows) or Command-V (macOS).
Pasting Ambience Settings to Multiple Thumbnails
In the Media dock, select the thumbnails of the images or panoramas where you want to paste ambience settings.
Press Ctrl + V (Windows) or Command-V (macOS).