[Getting started] UI

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Welcome to Pixel Composer. In this post we're looking at the basic of Pixel Composer user interface. Pixel Composer is divided into panels. These are all the panels and what it does.

Preview

Preview panel display the content of the previewing node.

Operations	Actions
Pan	Middle mouse hold
Zoom	Scroll wheel
Focus (view full image)	F
Save preview as...	Shift + S
Set previewing node	Double click

When previewing image array. Extra control will appear which allow you to preview each image or play array as an animation.

Graph

Graph show all nodes in current context.

Operations	Actions
Pan	Middle mouse hold
Zoom	Scroll wheel
Focus (view full image)	F
Import image	I
Import image array	Shift + I
Group	G
Ungroup	Shift + G

When you're looking inside node group. A context panel will appear on top allowing you to go back to upper context.

Inspector

Inspector show properties of the focusing node. Inside inspector also contain timeline at the bottom.

Operations	Actions
Copy selecting property	Ctrl + C
Paste selecting property	Ctrl + V
Play / Pause animation	Space
Go to next frame	Right arrow
Go to previous frame	Left arrow
Go to first frame	Home
Go to last frame	End

Collections

Collection panel (toggle from panel > collections) show all node base and node collection (pre-made nodes, node group) and allowing you to add collection into current project.