FAQ - Aperture
Keyboard Shortcuts for ACM
CAPTURE EDIT-TRACING-MASK SHAPE
To remove polygon points hold SHIFT while clicking the point
- User can either click on the anchor point and remove one or if they need to remove multiple, they can drag their mouse over it
CAPTURE EDIT-MASKING-MANUAL TOUCH UP
Hold the spacebar in order to hold and move around the capture
- User will need to click where they'd like to move while holding the space bar
Brush sizes can be adjusted by sliding the dot to the left or right or by clicking “[“ to make the brush smaller or “]” to make the brush larger
To draw or erase a straight line, hold down the SHIFT key and click the starting and end point
- Other points can be added by clicking on a line. These points can also be moved by clicking while dragging for the Polygon
ADD POLYGON
Hold the spacebar in order to hold and move around the capture
Click where the starting point should be, resulting in a straight line
Clicking a 3rd time, will result in a triangle
Control/Command Z to remove the last point made OR the arrows at the right bottom for redo/undo
- User can bulk remove by dragging the mouse over the anchor points while holding the shift key or remove one contact point while holding shift and clicking the contact
CAPTURE EDIT-SHADOW-MASK SHAPE Mask Shape-
All shadows can be copied over to the DRAW function for further adjustments
CAPTURE EDIT-SHADOW-DRAW BRUSH
Brush Size can be adjusted from 2 pixels to 100 pixels
- Slide anchor point on the bar left (or use “[“ key ) to decrease the size and to the right (or use “]” key) to increase the size
Scroll mouse to zoom in and out as well as clicking the “+” or “-” buttons
CAPTURE EDIT-SHADOW-POLYGON
The shadow polygon works just like the masking polygon tool
- Use mouse to zoom in on asset
- Hold the SPACEBAR to move the asset around
- The user cannot edit polygons once they click APPLY
- To remove polygon points hold SHIFT while clicking the point-same as masking polygon when removing multiple points
CAPTURE EDIT-SHADOW-DOWLOADING SHADOWS
Click DOWNLOAD SHADOW to download the final shadow
Drag the downloaded shadow into the the SHADOWS thumbnails
- This is if User has a different capture that has the exact same asset positioning, camera positioning, etc.
CAPTURE EDIT-POST-ADVANCE CONTROLS
Custom Templates: User is able to save their custom light settings
- Click “SAVE TEMPLATE” on the bottom left in order to save out custom template
- To remove custom templates select “manage custom templates” on the top right of the templates folder and select .
Default Templates: Preset templates for Silhos
Click the blue arrow to exit the templates
CAPTURE EDIT-PREVIEW
TILT CORRECTION
- If asset is skewing or tilting, click the “Enable” box and use the slider to make proper adjustments
- By using the Tilt Correction, the capture will adjust vertically
- To revert back to the original capture, uncheck the “Enable” box
IMAGE INFO
- Naming the capture
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