Visualize and present#
Use this topic when you want structures to be clearer, more informative, or ready for output. It covers the path from everyday viewport setup to polished figures and animations: visual models, color, rendering style, labels, high-quality rendering, and presentations. Follow the full sequence if you are new to SAMSON visualization, or choose the path that matches your output goal.
Who this topic is for#
- Users improving clarity in the viewport
- Users preparing figures or images
- Users adding labels or annotations
- Users creating animations or movies
What you will be able to do afterward#
- Apply visual presets and models
- Colorize structures meaningfully
- Tune viewport rendering
- Add and style labels
- Render final images
- Build and export presentations or movies
Recommended reading order#
- Visualizing - Start here for the main visualization workflow and the fastest ways to improve what you see.
Foundational. - Colorizing - Continue here to apply meaningful color schemes and palettes to structural and visual models.
Foundational. - Rendering effects - Read this next to tune the real-time viewport with lighting, fog, clipping, silhouettes, and related effects.
Foundational. - Labeling - Use this when you need text annotations or saved measurements to stay readable in the viewport.
Optional / task-focused. - Rendering using Cycles - Continue here when you are preparing a final-quality still image or rendered movie.
Advanced / output-focused. - Presenting and animating - Read this when your goal is a timeline-based presentation, animation, or movie export.
Advanced / output-focused.
Read this first#
Start with Visualizing.
You can skip this for now if...#
- You do not need annotations, in which case you can skip Labeling
- Real-time viewport quality is enough, in which case you can skip Rendering using Cycles
- You are not making movies or slide-like presentations, in which case you can skip Presenting and animating
Suggested paths#
- Improve the everyday viewport: Visualizing -> Colorizing -> Rendering effects
- Create a polished still image: Visualizing -> Colorizing -> Rendering effects -> Rendering using Cycles
- Create a movie or presentation: Visualizing -> Colorizing -> Presenting and animating -> Rendering using Cycles
Where to go next#
- Simulate and analyze - Continue here when your visual work is driven by modeling results, trajectories, or analysis.
- Share and collaborate - Go here when you need to share documents, jobs, or outputs with other users.
- Reference and help - Continue here for deeper references, including animation families and troubleshooting paths.
Notes#
Rendering using Cycles is for final-quality output, while Visualizing and Rendering effects cover the real-time viewport workflow.