[Bf-cycles] preview settings and RGB values in texture paint and cycles

[Brecht Van Lommel]

I agree, it should be removed and use ctrl alt B instead, I can do it after
the release.

On Mar 3, 2014 3:14 AM, "Daniel Salazar - patazstudio.com" <zanqdo at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
> I agree, this border select functionality that disables render border
> when you select the whole camera space was a great addition by Matt
> Ebb years ago, however now that we got interactive preview this option
> is more troublesome than helpful. A simple fix would be to revert the
> automatic disabling of the border
> Daniel Salazar
> patazstudio.com
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Jim Cantley <semajcantley at hotmail.com>
wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm a big fan of cycles and wanted to give quick input to help
streamline
> > its use and make it more awesome! Very easy stuff to fix (and gosh, I
wish I
> > knew what you guys know!)
> >
> > The ctrl-b preview feature is fantastic! However, if I want to preview
only
> > the camera view and nothing outside of it, I have to select beyond the
> > camera bounds to reset the border checkbox in render settings, then I
have
> > to check the border checkbox again to render exactly what's inside the
> > camera border. There should be an option to lock render bounds to the
camera
> > border. Changing the ctrl-b preview to beyond the border of the
passepartout
> > resets this feature and renders stuff beyond the camera border
(increasing
> > preview time), but there should be a way to lock it permanently to
camera
> > bounds. I always keep passepartout alpha set to 1 because seeing stuff
> > outside of the camera bounds seems to throw off the way to gauge
> > composition.
> >
> > Something else - the RGB settings in texture paint don't match the RGB
> > settings in the cycles nodes. I can set RGB to .5, .5, .5 in texture
paint
> > and I get a HEX code of 808080 (perfect gray), but in cycles I get a HEX
> > code of BCBCBC. To get a middle gray I need to set cycles color nodes to
> > .216, .216, .216. Is there something I'm missing there?
> >
> > I really love what you guys are doing, thank you so much! If this is
helpful
> > and you'd like me to make any more notes in the future I'd be happy to
do it
> > because I want this rendering engine to be the best it can be! I really
> > appreciate everything the blender community is doing, thank you.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Jim
> >
> >
> >
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