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Look Dev
The Look Dev view
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Overview

To access Look Dev in Unity, go to Window > Experimental > Look Dev.

  1. Look Dev view

  2. HDRI view

  3. Shortcut buttons for Environment shadow and Look Dev view

  4. HDRI menu

  5. Control panel

  6. Settings and Views menus

  7. Shortcut buttons for HDRI view

Controlling the camera

The Look Dev cameraA component which creates an image of a particular viewpoint in your scene. The output is either drawn to the screen or captured as a texture. More info
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largely shares its behavior with the camera in the Scene viewAn interactive view into the world you are creating. You use the Scene View to select and position scenery, characters, cameras, lights, and all other types of Game Object. More info
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  • Rotate around pivot: Left click and drag (this is the same as in Scene view, except Look Dev doesn’t require Alt+left click)

  • Pan camera: Middle click and drag

  • Zoom: Alt+right click and drag

  • Forward/backward: Mouse wheel

  • FPSSee first person shooter, frames per second.
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    mode
    : Right click + WASD

Keyboard shortcuts

In Look Dev view:

  • Rotate environment: Ctrl+left click and drag

  • Rotate directional light for environmental shadow: Shift+left click and drag

  • Swap environment: Left/right arrow keys

  • Manipulate the separator: Hold Shift to rotate it in increments

  • Frame camera to the observed object: F

In HDRIhigh dynamic range image
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view:

  • Rotate environment: Ctrl+left click and drag

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Look Dev
The Look Dev view