Single Image Viewport

Single Image Viewport



The Image Viewport serves as the primary display interface within the MIST software, facilitating real-time visualization and interaction with media content during editing and review processes. It accurately renders the current frame or sequence, reflecting the active project settings, including color management configurations, resolution, and aspect ratio.

Size, Navigation and Zooming

By default, the Viewport's size is minimized in order to display the Command Panel on the left, and the Timeline on the bottom, and it is in auto-fit mode to display the entire image.

Modify the size of the Viewport


 to hide the Command Panel deselect the icon  



 Use the mouse to change the size of the Viewport versus the Timeline:




 To completely hide/show the timeline, use Page down and Page up keys.


Panning and Zooming the Viewport

 To be able to Zoom and pan within the image, you need first to remove the Viewport auto-fit :







→ To zoom in a specific part of the image,  scroll middle mouse button down to zoom IN, and scroll up to zoom OUT.


 Use F  key to resume the zoom factor and display the image in a 1:1 pixel.

 Use Alt + click  and maintain left mouse button pressed to move the image in every possible direction.



Guides & Viewport options



Guides

It is possible to display guidelines on the image viewport:

Camera

Alt+C to show camera borders (project format)

Axis

Alt+A to display the Viewport axis

Safe Frames

Alt+F to show Action and Title safe areas according to the Active Area chosen.

Active Area

Alt+B to display the borders of the frame as per the frame aspect chosen in the Active Area tab.



Display of individual color channels


Right-click on the Viewport to display the Viewport Operations menu and choose to Hide/Show the different color channels:




R

Show / hide Red channel

G

Show / hide Green channel

B

Show / hide Blue channel

A

Show / hide Alpha channel

M

Show / hide Mask

O

Show / hide Original image