topic Re: Locking my "view to render" is not working in 3ds Max Forum

Locking my "view to render" is not working

vanderloo5 — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 20:51:21 GMT

Is there another setting I should know about to make the "View to render" stay locked on my camera view when I switch viewports? I have the lock set but every time I switch viewports the IR changes to that viewport.

Re: Locking my "view to render" is not working

MartinBeh — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:26:44 GMT

Can you show us a screenshot on how you locked the viewport?

Which renderer is this about?

Re: Locking my "view to render" is not working

Casey_H_ — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 18:39:10 GMT

Similar to your other post, I believe the IPR settings are set to viewport, so when the active viewport changes, so does the IPR, ignoring the lock that is set in Max. Set the IPR to use VFB instead of viewport. Think of Corona settings as "above" or "on top of" the Max settings, so the lock in Max settings are base, then Corona settings above that modify them.

Re: Locking my "view to render" is not working

vanderloo5 — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 21:59:58 GMT

Thank You Casey. I switched "area to render" under the common tab in Render setup from "view" to "selected" and it seems to be locked on the camera view now.