click in the images below on the items for further informations

The scene name received from Blender. With Inkscape it is always “Inkscape”.
This is also used for the filename when saving ild files.
Can be overwritten here.

Frames per second, as received from Blender
also controls the playback speed in ILD Render with Play Animation

number of received frames from Blender

selects the directory for saving ild frames

exports the animation to .ild files. For every projector one file is created.
Naming scheme: Scene name_Projector_#.ild

exports the animation directly to a device or saves it in a device specific format.
Examples are LaserAnimation Sollinger DSP or AVB devices.
Only active if an enabled DAC supports this.

These options only affect the actual selected layer.
The actual layer is visible next to the Optimization caption and in the layer list.

the amount of deviation for how much points get deleted in order to reduce the point count
higher values = more points will be deleted
probably one of the most used options to reduce the point count!

Graphics from Blender or Inkscape could sometimes contain very small gaps between lines. There are not visible, unless you deep zoom in the graphic.
So two lines will be connected to one line if the distance between them is lower the “Gap Size”.

controls how many points are deleted in gradients
smaller values → more color details & more points

if selected short polylines will be deleted, the max. length is equivalent to the Gap Size
for example when using particles in Blender, put these on a separate layer and disable this option

this option re-sorts the lines to minimize invisible/blanked laser paths
Multiple options:

• None: does not sort the lines, may be useful if you want full control over the order of a inksacpe drawing (for a writeout effect for example)
• Image: sort all the lines, reasonable for still images
• Animation: keeps the order of objects, most useful for animations

controls the point density in visible lines, lower values = more points

if checked this option distributes the points in visible lines nonlinear, at the beginning and ending the points will be placed tighter
Nonlinear spacing:
this also means the brightness of the line is not constant, at the beginning and ending the line will be brighter
Note: this allows to reduce the point count in complex images, as there are less points necessary at the Corner Points

Linearspacing:
the brightness of the line is constant

how many points to add at the start of a visible line

how many points to add at the ending of a visible line

controls the point density in hidden lines, lower values = more points

if checked distributes the points in hidden lines nonlinear, at the beginning and ending the points are placed tighter
Nonlinear spacing:

Linearspacing:

how many points to add at the start of a hidden line

how many points to add at the ending of a hidden line

how many points to overlap when start and end of a line are the same

if checked fades out the overlap points

this controls how many points are added at the corresponding corner/angles on continuous paths

add one point to all angles at Corner Points

removes one point from all angles at Corner Points

displays the actual reduced polyline count from Blender / Inkscape for this frame

displays the actual calculated point count from Blender / Inkscape for this frame

displays the calculated point count from the current frame for the actual assigned projector

here you can save all optimization settings for the actual layer to a preset file & reload them

go to the first frame in the animation and display it in the preview & on the projector if laser output is enabled

shows the actual frame number and allows to step through the animation

go to the last frame in the animation

plays the complete animation in a loop
it's shown in the preview and on all assigned laser projectors
the speed of the animation is taken from the FPS setting in the Project tab

select here the projector for the following settings

select the driver category from which to choose the device (IDN, Beyond, …)
only shows the categories where devices are found

the actual device for the selected projector
only shows found devices

assignes the selected device to the actual projector

if a different device is selected but not assigned you can undo your change

reload the DAV drivers and searches for devices
only tries to search for devices with Enabled DAC Drivers

sets the scanning speed in points per second

sets the brightness for this projector

sets the width of the output image
with negative numbers the image is inverted

sets the height of the output image
with negative numbers the image is inverted

moves the image along the horizontal axis

moves the image along the vertical axis

rotates the image

shows various predefined test patterns on the selected projector
only accessible when laser output is enabled

overwrites the color for the Testpattern

opens the dialog for FFD warping
best used on curved surfaces

opens die dialog for perspective corrected warping, allows with just 4 control points a perspective correct warping
one of the fastest options to match projectors on planar surfaces!

if checked applies the warping after the calculation of the geometric corrections (size, shift, rotation)

resets all projector values to their default values
the Scan Speed is not altered by this

adjusts the maximum value for the corresponding colors
for Beyond keep this at 255, as color training is done inside Beyond

adjusts the minimum value for the corresponding colors
for Beyond keep this at 0, as color training is done inside Beyond

adjusts the Blankshift (color shift) for the colors
for most diode projectors this will be -3 to -5 points
for Beyond this setting has to be 0 !

sets the point size in the Preview Window

sets the line thickness in the Preview Window

if checked show visible lines in the Preview Window

if checked show points in the Preview Window

if checked show the hidden lines in the Preview Window

if checked shows the navigation tooltip in the preview window

enable the corresponding drivers in ILD Render
enable only the drivers you will utilize to speed up the start of ILD Render

Defines the format of the saved ILD files.
Recommended is format 5, because only this allows 16.5 million colors

• Format 0 stores the points in 3D format with indexed colors from a palette
• Format 1 stores the points in 2D format with indexed colors from a palette
• Format 5 stores the points in 2D format with True Color information

Format 0 and ILDA Palette with 256 entries should work with older SD card players.

If ILDA file format 0 or 1 is selected, this defines the used color palette.

Apply the projector blank-/colorshift to the saved ild files.
Useful for SD card players in projectors.
Don't enable this if you will use the ild files in other laser show software, since these will apply the blankshift on their own

if checked displays a short help text when hovering over options

• displays the various copyright informations
• displays the software license
• has a link to the ILD Render Homepage
• has a direct link to the support email address

toggles the laser output
Note: with the ESC key the laser output is disabled

• displays the received layers from Blender / Inkscape
  
• allows to change the routing of the layers to different projectors
  
• allows to overwrite Custom Optimizations received from Blender

shows the name of the layer, this can't be changed

this column shows 3 different states:

no icon → this layer has no specific optimization settings received from Blender
→ this layer has Custom Optimizations settings (layer and/or objects have their own optimization settings) and these are ACTIVE
→ this layer has Custom Optimizations settings (layer and/or objects have their own optimization settings) and these are NOT ACTIVE

to toggle the state active/inactive just click on the icon

the projector assigned to this layer, just click on this to change the mapping

• scroll wheel of the mouse zooms in and out of the image
• middle mouse button pans the image
• double click sets the zoom to default and centers the image
• right mouse button pops up a menu to Display Lines / Display Points / etc.