KeyShot Viewer
What is it?
KeyShot Viewer is a free, stand-alone, touch-enabled, desktop application for Mac and Windows that enables KeyShot scenes to be securely shared with anyone for interactive viewing, presentation and configuration. KeyShot Viewer uses the same CPU-powered ray-tracing render engine as KeyShot to produce amazing photo-realistic visuals in real-time.
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The KeyShot Watch Configurator demo scene is included in the KeyShot Viewer installation.
How it works
Downloading, installing, and opening files
KeyShot Viewer can be downloaded at keyshot.com/viewer by entering your name and email address. Once KeyShot Viewer is installed you'll be able to open any KeyShot Package file (.ksp) to interact with the scene. When KeyShot Viewer is launched you'll be prompted with a splash screen where you can browse to open a file or select from those recently opened. You can also open .ksp files by dragging and dropping onto the splash screen, into the KeyShot Viewer application window or by the file menu if a scene is currently open. The file menu is accessible when the application is in a windowed state, which can be reached from full-screen presentation mode by pressing the Esc key or clicking the exit icon (
). To enter full-screen presentation mode again, maximize the window or click the presentation mode icon (
).
Depending on how the scene was saved from KeyShot Pro you may be prompted to enter a password.
Moving the camera view
When you move the camera view or make changes the scene will update instantly - with the image quality improving as you let it sit until 256 samples has been reached. To move the view, simply use your mouse or finger on a touch-enabled device. The toolbar has three icons indicating if tumble (
), pan (
), or dolly (
) is active for the left mouse button or single-finger input. If you're using a mouse you can also pan using the middle mouse button and dolly using the middle mouse wheel or by scrolling on a touch-pad. To reset the view click the camera reset icon (
) on the toolbar.
Download the KeyShot Brush&Shave demo scene here.
Studio, Model, and Material variations
Users of KeyShot Pro can use the Configurator to include Studio, Model, and Material variations, which will be available when KeyShot Viewer is in full-screen presentation mode. Simply click or tap on any of these variations to update the real-time view. Use the tabs to navigate the various options that have been setup in the scene. For information about using the Configurator in KeyShot Pro to setup Studio, Model, and Material variations for output to KeyShot Viewer click here.
The auto-hide icon (
) allows you to hide the Studio, Model and Material variation panels after 10 seconds of inactivity. To show again simply mouse over or tap in the area the panels occupy.
KeyShot Pro allows you to present a configurator for unlimited Studio, Model and Material variation.
Taking a Screenshot
If included in your scene, click or tap the screenshot icon (
) on the toolbar to save an image to your disk. This will also output a metadata file in XMP format that can be opened in any text editor. The metadata file indicates which variations are active along with camera information that can be referenced to make changes to the original scene back in KeyShot. If your scene includes watermarking it will also be included in screenshot output; however, the UI panels will not.
The option to add watermark is included when exporting a KeyShot Scene for KeyShot Viewer.