A scene saves the camera angle and layer visibility you are looking at right now, so you can return to it later. Check exactly what a scene captures.
Open the Scenes panel
Scenes live in their own panel, the same way Layers and Properties do. It is not part of any default layout, so add it the first time through the panel picker. See Add an App for the full walkthrough.
Set the camera angle and layers
Before you capture, set up the map the way you want the scene to remember it. Pan, zoom, tilt, and rotate the map to the camera angle you want. Then open the Layer Palette and turn layers on or off so only the ones you want are visible. A scene saves exactly what the map shows at the moment you capture it.
Capture a scene
Click the plus icon in the Scenes panel header. Its tooltip reads Capture the current map as a new scene. Giraffe captures the current camera position, layer visibility, and a small preview image, and adds it to the list.
If the panel has no scenes yet, click Capture scene in the empty state instead.
You can fly back to a scene any time after you capture it.
Scene messages
Giraffe shows these toasts at the bottom of the screen if a scene can't be created.
Message | What triggers it | What to do |
"Something went wrong while creating the view. Please contact support." | You created or updated a view image and capturing it failed. | Try again or contact support. |
"There were errors while creating this view. [error messages]" | You captured a view image and some layers had trouble loading, so the image may be missing them. | Read the errors and fix or hide the layers named. |