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title: "Render an Image"
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This page provides information on how to render a static image in Enscape for Vectorworks.


## **Overview**

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Enscape is designed to make rendering an image quick and easy. It does not require in-depth knowledge of rendering processes and techniques, so a user doesn’t  have to spend a lot of time adjusting a large range of settings to produce a good-quality image.

To begin, you must start the Enscape viewport. Click on the **Start** button located within the Enscape toolbar in Vectorworks.


> Macro (inline-media-image)

*Enscape Toolbar in Vectorworks*


Once the Enscape window is open and running you can see the Enscape Viewport toolbar, which means you are ready to start rendering.


![image](media://09a19ade-1c73-43d1-87e0-139755546bba)

*Enscape Viewport Toolbar*


If you can’t see the toolbar at the top of the Enscape viewport, click on the small arrow/chevron > Macro (inline-media-image)

 seen in the middle of the toolbar, which expands/collapses the toolbar.

If the Enscape window doesn’t open at all, check that your system meets our recommended [System Requirements](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EVECTORWORKS/pages/126592956).


## **Types of Rendering**

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In Enscape, you can render a single image, or you can batch render a set of images.

For a single image render, you can either render the current ‘live’ view, or you can select a previously created ‘View’ from the **View Management** feature and then click the **Screenshot **button. You are then asked to save the location of the rendered image via the **Save Screenshot** dialog.


![image](media://d783bedf-ce68-40f3-b76a-10f8c509f9a0)

*Screenshot button*


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## **How to Get the Best-quality Rendered Images**

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## **Show Safe Frame**

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## **Export Object-ID, Material-ID, and Depth Channel**

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## **Alpha Channel Export**

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If you find that, when **Apply Alpha Channel** is enabled, you are not getting crisp clean edges on an exported image (where blue/red artifacts on an edge are visible when zoomed in on the exported image), then set the **Chromatic Aberration** slider in the Enscape **Visual Settings** > **Image** > **Effects** section to **0**. Here’s a comparison between the **Chromatic Aberration** slider being set to greater than 0 (enabled) and the slider set to 0 (disabled).



## **Default Folder**

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## **Automatic Naming**

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## **Batch Rendering**

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Batch Rendering of images takes place when you click the **Batch Rendering** button. *For more information, see the **[Manage Views](https://docs-chaos.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/EVECTORWORKS/pages/126113179)** page*.