File Preview Panel

Displays previews of medias from the Media Directories

When you select a folder or a file inside the Media Directories , where all of your content media are stored, you can see a preview of them.

To see the preview of a main folder, you may have to first select one of its child folders and then select it again.

Moreover, if you select a file layer in the Element Tree , you can find a File field in the Parameters Editor in which you can also see previews and select medias.

Update Cache

To update the previews, right-click on a file, folder, or media directory and select Update . This will regenerate both the cache and image files.

Note that if you choose to update a folder, every child folder will be updated as well, which can take some time. So, be cautious.

Usually, the folder will automatically update once you put new media inside.

Toolbar

Press the folder icon to reveal the file in your File Explorer .

You can also choose between a transparent, black or white background, choose the channels you want to display, and zoom in and out.

Image File Information

Under the preview, you can find the image properties:

Last Modification Time : date and time

Modifiable : Yes/No

Size : storage space in bytes

Codec : the image codec (check Image Layer to see supported codecs)

Resolution : size in pixels

Color space

Subsampling

Component Type int8 = 8bits/channel meaning 32bits/pixels

Bytes per pixel (in octets): 4 Bytes = 32bits

Flags:

• premultipliedAlphaFlag

• interlacedLinesFlag

• bottomToTopFlag

• planarFlag

Mipmaps

Video File Information

Last Modification Time: date and time

Size: storage space in bytes

Video Stream

Codec: the video codec (check Video File to see supported video codecs)

Resolution: size in pixels

Frames: number of frames in the video

Time Base: number of frames per second (on the example above, 25/1 means 25 frames per second)

Chunk Count: specific to Hap format. It corresponds to how many processor cores can decode the video file simultaneously. The higher the number, the faster the decoding process.

3D File Information

Last Modification Time: date and time

Size: storage space in bytes

Lights: number of lights

Cameras: number of cameras

Meshes: number of different meshes

Vertices: number of vertices

Triangles: number of triangles

Check the 3D File documentation for further information on this.