Learning The Toolbars - Adobe ATMOSPHERE User Manual

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CHAPTER 5
The Help menu
The Help menu allows you to open help documentation for Atmosphere (F1), JavaScript (F2) and Lighting (F3).
The About Atmosphere menu command will open the Atmosphere splash screen listing all the people involved in
producing Atmosphere. It also shows the current build number. The Adobe Online menu command will connect you
to the Adobe Atmosphere web site where you can check for updates.

Learning the Toolbars

There are fi ve different toolbars in Atmosphere: Tools, Scene Tools, Primitive Tools, Texture Tools and Options.
If you accidentally close any of the toolbars, you can open them again by selecting them from the Window menu.
The toolbar will reappear in the same location where it was when it was closed. By default, the toolbars are fl oating,
which means they aren't tied to the interface and can be moved close to a work area. You can drag them to wherever
you want by clicking and dragging the title bar. You can also dock the toolbars to the top or bottom edge of the
window. Users with a single monitor may wish to keep toolbars docked to save screen space, while those with multiple
monitors may wish to group toolbars and palettes on a side monitor
Atmosphere's main window with two toolbars that have been docked to the top of the window, the options toolbar docked
to the bottom, and two that are left fl oating. Drag or Double-click on the toolbar title bar to dock it to the top or bottom
edge of the window.
As an aid to learning and remembering the tools, a tooltip – a text box containing the name of the tool – appears
when you position the mouse cursor over the tool. The tooltip also lists the keyboard shortcut if one if available, e.g.
the tooltip for the fi rst icon in the Tools panel reads "Selection Tool (V)" meaning Ctrl+V is the keyboard shortcut for
this tool.
Tools
The Tools toolbar includes tools to select, manipulate, zoom and navigate: