I’m seeking clarity on what “Would you like to save your ‘settings’ to the ‘document’?” is intended to do, when it pops up if a render window is closed.
There are many ‘settings’ contributing to a Render: A) Lights, Sun, Ambient light and other settings managed throughout a Rhino project; and B) A myriad of post effects. It seems to me that saying yes to the question would only save “B” above, to be loaded the next time a Render is undertaken, (the “A” settings are saved with a project always). An AI google search tells me “Saving them ensures that your lighting, environment, resolution, and quality settings remain consistent the next time you open the model” but I’m guessing this is spurious.
“Document” could refer to 1) the Rhino project file, 2) something wrapped into the .png image file, or 3) a separate Render settings file. I’m guessing that - as I guessed in the above paragraph - it establishes default Post Effects for the next Renders undertaken in the project.
I get a little confused about this every time, so if anyone can offer some clarity I’d appreciate it.
I could be wrong but I believe it is referring to this section of the Document Properties. So anything found in here that got changed, it’s offering to update.
Thanks Nathan. But this is related specifically to the Render panel. Actually the phrasing is “would you like to save the post effects to the document”? So I suppose it’s B in the first paragraph of my original post, and it does appear to load post effects to subsequent renders if it’s chosen.
I see your confusion, everything you find under the Render panel can be found under the Document Properties. This also includes the Post effects (found under Render). I hope this helps.
Yes it only saves your “post rendering effects” to the document.
I always have to check the denoiser box it seems that should maybe be a global setting like in other programs.
Yes you’re right it’s the current project. I guess McNeel considers the document the current project and templates and options to be global or span across into other documents/current projects.
