Viewports and Views

The Composite UI is composed of one or more viewports and populated with one or more views. A viewport is a container in which you can drop a view into. You can modify a viewport’s layout using the Layout icon in the taskbar. You can change a viewport’s size or drag it to another location by placing your cursor over a viewport border. See Taskbar.

Views

You can access all available views from the Views tab, using the Gate UI and then dragging a view into a viewport.

NoteYou cannot undo a drag view operation. If you frequently add or remove specific views, you can add them to the Pick List for even faster access.

A view can be:

A view where you work on or view your composition;
A browser where you work with files.

The following views are available:

View	Description
Animation	Allows you to edit animations.
Composition	Allows you to view and to work with all the tools and parameters in a composition in a browser format. See The Composition Browser.
File Browser	Allows you to create compositions by importing media and provides a view of the folders that your installation references.
Layer Editor	Allows you to add, edit and reorder layers associated with one or more Reaction compositing nodes.
Pick List	Allows you to store frequently used tools, views and compositions. See Pick List.
Player	Allows you play a composition. The Player options determine what appears in the Player. See The Player.
Schematic	Allows you to build a dependency graph for a composition. See Working with Schematic.
Scripting	Lets you write scripts to automatically perform certain repetitive managerial tasks and creative work on a project, such as creating compositions, adding nodes to it, importing material, versioning, rendering, and so on. See Running a Script
Tools	Allows you to add a tools browser to any viewport.

Four Views: a) File browser b) Layer Editor c) Schematic d) Player

Adding a view to a viewport

To add a view to a viewport:

Press the tilde key or middle-click your mouse to display the Gate UI, then swipe through the east gate to display the Tools, Views and Pick List tabs.
Select the Views tab.
Select a view and drag it into a viewport.

To display a view in a fullscreen view:

Pause over a view you want to display as a fullscreen view and press the F key.
In the Player controls, click the fullscreen button to play the composition.

The view displays as a fullscreen view. Press F to exit the fullscreen view.

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