HardCuts Render Help
Set up materials, lighting, and presentation images in HardCuts Render.
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HardCuts Render turns a model into a presentation image using an interactive viewport, material layers, studio lighting, and post processing.
Start here
Follow Getting Started to import a model and save your first PNG.
If your model is in HardCuts, use the HardCuts handoff to transfer the scene and update it as modeling continues.
Prepare the scene
- Interface and Navigation: panels, camera controls, selection, and transforms.
- Projects and Model Import: OBJ/STL import and render project files.
- Materials and Textures: presets, surface settings, and texture mapping.
- Material Layers and Painting: fills, painted details, masks, and generators.
Create the image
- Lighting and Environments: studio presets, HDRI, and individual lights.
- Background and Ground: stage appearance and model placement.
- Post Processing: tone mapping, reflections, ambient occlusion, and image effects.
- Rendering and Export: resolution, transparency, and PNG output.
- Troubleshooting: common causes of unexpected results.