Setting Scene Preferences

To set the Scene Preferences, choose Edit > Preferences to open the Preferences dialog and click on the Scene tab to enable it.

The Scene tab has the following options:

• Default Scene: Sets whether to open a default scene or not when DAZ Studio is launched. Choose None to load an empty scene using the program defaults or Browse for Scene to locate and select a default scene to load. Useful if you have a particular lighting and camera setup you like to use when creating scenes.
  
  
• Default Scene on “New”: Sets whether to open a default scene or not when a new document is created. Choose None to load an empty scene using the program defaults or Browse for Scene to locate and select a default scene to load. Useful if you have a particular lighting and camera setup you like to use when creating scenes.
• Create a Default Camera on “New”: When enabled, will create a default camera when a new document is created. This is in addition to any cameras loaded using the default scene.
• Ignore Viewport Background Colors on “Open”: When enabled, will ignore the saved background color in the scene file and use the current scene background color.
• Record Viewport Background Colors on “Save”: When enabled, saves the current background color with the saved scene file so that when it is re-opened, it will have the background colors you set.
• When importing a Pose that does not obey limits: Sets preferences on how to handle pose limits.
  • Ask Me: When selected, will ask you what you want to do.
  • Always turn off limits: When selected, will always turn limits off.
  • Always obey limits: When selected, will always obey limits.
• After you complete your Interface Preferences settings, use one of the three buttons at the bottom of the dialog:
  • Click Apply to set the settings for the current preference tab; the Preferences dialog remains open so that you can set other preferences.
  • Click Accept to exit the dialog immediately.
  • Click Cancel to exit the Preferences dialog and discard any unsaved changes.