Toolbag’s camera system is designed to simulate the behavior of real-world cameras, allowing you to control settings like Depth of Field and Field of View similarly to how you would in real life. 

Camera Object #

Each scene has a Main Camera object by default, found in the Scene hierarchy. To create more cameras, press Ctrl+K on your keyboard or add one via the Scene menu > Add Object > Camera.

Camera Settings #

Control #

The Control menu lets you adjust the camera’s behavior during animated sequences. Adjusting these settings is relevant to video renders only. 

Setting	Description
(Alt + W, A, S, D, Q, E)	Use these controls to move the camera forward, left, back, right, up, and down.
Move Speed	If “Auto” is unchecked, this controls how fast the camera moves through the scene when using the keyboard controls. For complex environments, it may be helpful to set this value manually.
Move Speed Auto	When enabled, the camera move speed is determined automatically based on scene size. It can be helpful to disable this for complex environments and set the move speed manually.
(Alt + Middle)	Use these controls to pan the camera.
Pan Speed	Controls how fast the camera pans through the scene. For complex environments, it can be helpful to set this value manually.
Pan Speed Auto	When checked, the camera pan speed is determined automatically based on scene size. Disabling this and manually setting the pan speed for complex environments can be helpful.
Orbit Style	When enabled, the camera will rotate around a point in the scene. When disabled, the camera will be free-look or first-person shooter-style.
Orbit Distance	Sets the distance from the camera to its rotation point. Press Ctrl+F to set the orbit distance to the center of the currently selected object, and Shift+Ctrl+F to set it to the scene’s center. This setting does not apply when the orbit style is disabled.
Follow Target	Continually points the camera to the current target object, if present.
Follow Lag	Specifies how closely the camera follows the target object.

Limits #

You can set Limits to a camera object to limit how others view your model on the web. This is relevant when the scene is uploaded via the Marmoset Viewer.

Setting	Description
Use Limits in Viewport	Use limit settings to constrain camera motion in the Toolbag viewport. Active limits always export to Marmoset Viewer regardless of this setting.
Pan Limits	Constraints camera panning either completely or to vertical motion only.
Limit Near	Enforces a minimum orbit distance, specified by the “Orbit Near” value.
Limit Far	Enforces a maximum orbit distance, specified by the “Orbit Far” value.
Orbit Near	Specifies the minimum orbit distance.
Orbit Far	Sets the “Orbit Near” value to the current orbit distance.
Set Far	Sets the “Orbit Far” value to the current orbit distance.
Set Near	Sets the “Orbit Near” value to the current orbit distance.
Limit Orbit Pitch	Enforces a minimum and maximum pitch angle, or vertical orbit, specified by the “Min Pitch” and “Max Pitch” values. Pitch limits may also be adjusted directly in the viewport. Hold the Ctrl key to adjust both minimum and maximum limits simultaneously.
Min Pitch	The minimum pitch angle, or vertical orbit, in degrees.
Max Pitch	The maximum pitch angle, or vertical orbit, in degrees.
Limit Orbit Yaw	Enforces a minimum and maximum yaw angle, or horizontal orbit, specified by the “Min Yaw” and “Max Yaw” values. Yaw limits may also be adjusted directly in the viewport. Hold the Ctrl key to adjust both minimum and maximum limits simultaneously.
Min Yaw	The minimum pitch angle, or vertical orbit, in degrees.
Max Yaw	The maximum yaw angle, or horizontal orbit, in degrees.
Yaw Offset	Shifts the yaw values by a constant offset, in degrees. This is useful for easily re-orienting the yaw range.
Center on View	Centers the current yaw and pitch ranges around the current camera orientation. This is useful for easily re-orienting the pitch and yaw ranges to frame a chosen camera position.

Lens #

Below are the settings found under the Camera Lens menu.

Setting	Description
Mode	Determines which camera type to use, perspective or orthographic.
Field of View (Perspective)	Controls how much of the scene is visible, by setting the vertical field of view of the lens (in degrees). Lowering the value provides a narrower view, while increasing the value provides a wider view.
Scale (Orthographic)	Controls how much of the scene is visible by setting the scale of the camera. Decreasing zooms into the scene, while increasing zooms out.
Near Plane	Adjusts the automatic near clipping plane. Lower values can be useful to fix false clipping that can occur with nearby objects in large scenes. Note that values near zero may cause rendering artifacts in distant or intersecting objects.
Safe Frame	Previews the region of the viewport that will be present in exported screenshots and videos.
Frame Opacity	Sets the opacity of the safe frame.

Focus #

The Depth of Field setting’s behavior is based on the functionality of a real-life camera’s aperture settings. It determines the distance between close and distant objects and adjusts sharpness and blur according to the set focal length. Lower focal lengths equate to more blur and defocus in the image. 

To edit an individual light’s lens flare, select the Light object in the scene, enable Cast Lens Flare, and tweak its strength. After deciding which lights will cast lens flares, select the Camera object of your choice and look to the Flare and Focus sections of Lens settings to control the global aesthetic of the flares generated.

Setting	Description
Strength	Sets the intensity of the lens flare effect.
Coating Color	Simulates a thin surface layer on the lens system, changing the color and appearance of lens flares.
Size	Sets the size of the individual flares or “ghosts”.

Setting	Description
Motion Blur	Renders a motion blur effect for final render animations and stills.
Samples	Controls the quality of the motion blur. More samples result in smoother blur but longer renders.
Shutter Speed	Determines the exposure time, affecting the magnitude of the blur. Shutter speed on a camera is typically represented in fractions of a second, ie: 1/60, 1/120, 1/250, etc.
Looping Animation	Allows the last animation frame to return to the first frame for motion blur. This option works best for looping animations.

Distortion #

You can add various distortion effects based on real camera lenses to enhance realism in your renders.

Setting	Description
Barrel / Pincushion	Controls the type and intensity of the geometric distortion effect. A value of 0 equates to no distortion, values lower than 0 equate to barrel or fisheye-type distortion, and values higher than 0 equate to pincushion-type distortion.
Chromatic Aberration	Sets the intensity of the chromatic aberration effect, which simulates how different colored light waves converge at different points, resulting in color fringing towards the edges of the frame.
Red	Sets the fringe offset for the red channel.
Green	Sets the fringe offset for the green channel.
Blue	Sets the fringe offset for the blue channel.

Post Effect #

The Camera object provides various post effect options to work with during the final stages of your project. These include various tone mapping settings and adjustable curves. 

Presets

Choose a pre-made post effect preset or save your own after making adjustments to your liking.

Setting	Description
Load	Loads a post effect preset file.
Save	Saves a post effect preset file.
Presets	Use to switch between a variety of post effect presets. Save a preset file to /data/post/, and it will appear in the preset list the next time Toolbag is opened.

Color

Here, you can adjust the Tone Mapping settings. These settings resemble the most common settings found in photo editing apps, like Exposure, Contrast, Saturation, Clarity, and more.

Setting	Description
Tone Mapping	Sets the method used to map high-dynamic-range values into low-dynamic range color space.
Curves	Opens the curve editor, to manipulate the contrast of the render on a per-channel basis.
Exposure	Sets the brightness of the render.
Exposure Color	Sets the color and intensity of the exposure effect.
Highlights	Sets the brightness point for the brightest values. Increase to make the highlights brighter and decrease to recover clipped detail.
Midtones	Sets the brightness point for the middle values.
Shadows	Sets the brightness point for the darkest values. Increase to recover details in the shadows and decrease to crush the blacks.
Clarity	Sets the level of micro-contrast. Increase to enhance details and decrease to soften the render.
Contrast	Sets the disparity of value between light and dark.
Contrast Color	Sets the color and intensity of the contrast effect.
Contrast Center	Sets the middle point of the contrast curve. As contrast is increased, values greater than this “center” value get brighter, while values less than “center” get darker.
Contrast Center Color	Sets the color and intensity of the contrast center effect.
Saturation	Controls the vibrancy of color in the rendered image.
Saturation Color	Sets the color and intensity of the saturation effect.

Sharpen

You can increase the Sharpen effect to enhance the sharpness and detail of your render.

Note: High Sharpen values may cause artifacts on your render.

Setting	Description
Strength	Sets the intensity of the sharpening effect, which increases the contrast of fine details to enhance acutance.
Limit	Controls the maximum allowable amount of sharpen. Lower values will prevent major contrast alterations to the image in some cases.

Bloom

Bloom adds a soft, glowing halo around bright areas in a scene. It simulates the way light scatters and creates a radiant aura.

Setting	Description
Brightness	Sets the intensity of the bloom effect, which blurs the rendered image, and then adds it on top of the original image to simulate the glow from bright light sources (or Vaseline on a camera lens).
Color	Sets the color and intensity of the bloom effect.
Size	Sets the radius of the blur component of the bloom effect.

Vignette

The vignette effect darkens an image’s borders, helping draw attention to the center.

Setting	Description
Strength	Sets the intensity of the vignette effect, which darkens the edges of the frame.
Color	Sets the color and intensity of the vignette effect.
Softness	Sets how harsh or smooth the falloff of the vignette effect appears.

Grain

In traditional film photography, grain is the appearance of noise in a developed photograph caused by random patterns of tiny silver halide particles in the film that did not receive enough light during exposure. Film with a higher ISO is more sensitive to light, allowing for faster shutter speeds but a greater potential for grain appearance. In digital photography, grain (often called ‘noise’) produces a similar effect; however, digital grain consists of colored pixels and creates a sharper-looking result. 

When working with animations, Grain randomizes at each frame, producing an organic effect similar to film grain and digital noise from real-world cameras. There is also a Dirt effect that adds an extra layer of random scratches and stains on the render with controls for density and scale. You can choose one of two grain styles, Film or Digital, and adjust the coarseness of the effect. 

The Animated Preview option will help to see your grain effect in the viewport before rendering. Read our Realistic Camera Grain quick guide to learn more about Grain in Toolbag. 

Setting	Description
Mode	Sets the style of grain.
Animated Preview	Toggles randomized preview of the grain effect.
Grain Intensity	Sets the strength of the grain effect.
Tiling Mode	Sets the texture or coarseness of the grain effect.
Dirt Intensity	Sets the overall opacity of the scratches and stains.
Dirt Density	Controls the amount of scratches and stains visible in each frame.
Dirt Size	Controls the size of scratches and stains.