Main Menu

This page describes the CreativeStudio main menu.

Main Menu

The following five items are included on the CreativeStudio main menu.

1. File

   This menu is related to CreativeStudio file I/O.
   It can be used to load intermediate files and save or export edited data.

2. Edit

   This menu can be used to perform undo or redo on data edited using CreativeStudio and delete loaded data.

3. Create

   This menu can be used to create cameras, lights, and so on.

4. Windows

   This menu can be used to open the Properties panel used under CreativeStudio in a separate window.

5. Help

   This menu allows you to check version information about CreativeStudio and view the manual.

File

This menu is related to CreativeStudio file I/O.

Open

Selecting Open displays an Open file dialog box for the corresponding item in a separate window where the file to be loaded can be selected.

Item	Description
Intermediate files	Loads the selected intermediate files into CreativeStudio.
Particle Link	Loads the particle link intermediate file into CreativeStudio. (For particle link only)

Close all

Closes all contents that have been loaded into CreativeStudio.

Save File

The following five methods of saving data are available under CreativeStudio.

When saving particle links, save all and other saving methods are not supported.
To save particle links, always use particle link.

Save Methods	Description
Save all	Overwrites and saves all loaded intermediate files.
Save selection to files	Saves files that include content selected on the Contents panel as intermediate files.
Save selection and its dependencies to files	Saves files that include content selected on the Contents panel and files containing dependency data as intermediate files.
Particle Link	Saves the particle link selected on the Contents panel as an intermediate file. (For particle link only)
Merge and save files	Integrates loaded data and saves it in a single .cres file.

Provisional Specification
CreativeStudio specifications are such that texture intermediate files are not saved.
However, texture intermediate files can also be saved if there is a possibility that some kind of problem will arise with them when Save is selected.
This specification is provisional and may change in the future.

Save binary

Converts intermediate files loaded into CreativeStudio into binary files and saves.

Sending Data to Viewer

Send to viewer is used when outputting a model or animation loaded into CreativeStudio to an actual console.
For details on Send to viewer, click Here.

merge

Merging can be executed on selected contents.
Either of the following two methods can be selected for the CreativeStudio merge process.

Save Methods	Description
Merge with selected model	Model data loaded into CreativeStudio can be selected and merged with any model's intermediate file.
Run the merge wizard	Opens the MergeWizard in a separate window. The MergeWizard panel can be used to take models and textures loaded into CreativeStudio and merge them with any selected intermediate file.

For details on the MergeWizard, click here.

Input/output selection

Allows you to write or load the selected material information.

Item	Description
Load into material	Executing Load into material when a material loaded into CreativeStudio is selected allows you to load separate material information (intermediate files) for the selected material.
Write material	Executing Write material when a material loaded into CreativeStudio is selected saves the selected material information as an intermediate file. Saved material intermediate files can be loaded into a different material by selecting File > Input/output selection > Load into material.

Optimize selected models

This page describes Optimize selected models.
Under CreativeStudio, data size can be compressed and the load on an actual console due to matrix calculations can be lessened by using a 3D optimization converter to delete nodes that are not directly related to rendering.

For details on Optimize selected models, click Here.

Opening script file

Allows you to select and open script files.

End

Exits CreativeStudio.

Edit

This menu can be used to perform undo or redo on data edited using CreativeStudio and delete loaded data.

Create

Allows you to create the contents described below.

Content	Description
Sample	Allows you to create cube models.
Effect	Allows you to create base data for creating effects under any name.
Lights	Allows you to create fragment lights, ambient lights, vertex lights and hemispherical lights.
Camera	Allows you to create cameras.
Fog	Allows you to create fogs.
Scene environment	Allows you to configure lights, cameras and fogs for each separate model when a scene includes more than one model.
Lookup table set	Allows you to create lookup table sets.
Particle Link	Allows you to create a particle link Properties panel.
Expert	Allows you to create shaders.

Windows

Allows you to open the following panels in a separate window.

Panels	Description
Curve Editor	Allows you to edit lookup tables and material animations using curves.
Contents panel	Displays various content loaded into CreativeStudio and cameras and other items that have been created.
Properties panel	Opens the Properties panel associated with various content.
Console panel	Displays information related to tasks performed using CreativeStudio. It also allows direct input of Python commands for execution.