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You can access the Preferences window at the bottom of the Viewport & Settings Menu or via the cogwheel icons of the different Akeytsu dialogs.

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• 3D Viewport (1st gradient color) : pick the main color (if you're in single color mode). This is also the Top gradient color
• 3D Viewport (2nd gradient color) : pick the secondary/bottom gradient color (only visible if you're in Two colors with gradient mode)
• One or two colors : Choose if you want a flat color or a gradient based on two distinct colors
• Invert gradient color: allows you to flip your colors
• Joints : Allows you to change joints color
• Vertices : Changes the displayed vertices color
• Vertices (last selected vertex) : Changes the very last selected vertex color, this vertex is also displayed in the skin Atelier in the central column
• Wireframe (front) : Changes the color of the front wireframe
• Wireframe (back) : Changes the color of the back wireframe (active if backface culling is disabled)
• Grid (central lines) : Changes the color of the central lines
• Grid (edges lines) : Changes the color of the borders of the grid
• Grid (subdivision lines) : Changes the color of all the intermediary lines
• Next ghost : Changes the color of the next ghost(s)
• Previous ghost : Changes the color of the previous ghost(s)

In this specific submenu, you will see plenty color tones. Each of these will change a specific aspects of the UI/Viewport/Decorators. (We do not allow yet to color everything).
To change a color, simply click on the color, which will bring this colorpicker :

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• Window resizement : Here you can decide if you want to enlarge the window when hovering it or always (frozen), useful for very long names
• Skip retargeting ref pose advice popup : Let you decide if you no longer wants to be prompted about making a convenient reference pose for retargeting characters to one another

Autorigger preferences (you can access these settings directly in the Autorigger window):

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• Allows you to define each names of body parts generated by the autorigger

Curveboard :

• All Curves Ahead : Brings all curves in front of the viewport instead of leaving only unused curves in the background

Data protection preferences :

• Send software analytics to improve software engineering: If enabled, you'll regularly send us useful data about how you technically use Akeytsu, no 3D files or any personnal information is sent
• Send crash reports for troubleshooting : If enabled, then you'll automatically send us your crash files, which will be helpful to track and resolve bugs
• Read privacy policy online : Brings you to "Nukeygara Privacy Policy" (https://www.nukeygara.com/legal/privacy-policy)

Decorators preferences :

• Decorators display affects all views : If enabled, you will see your skeleton/pivots/and shading mode (wire/shaded/wire+shaded) shared across all view
• Skin decorator alpha : Changes the opacity of the skinning influences
• Blendshape picking decorator alpha : Changes the opacity of the Blendshape picking zone
• Joint Display mode : Light is the new mode implemented by Nukeygara, it allows to have a much lighter display of joints, and also offers to switch between joint display and joints pivots only modes (spheres only). Classic is the legacy joint display of Akeytsu

• Joint size factor (standard density area) : Allow to resize the joints of the current scene.

• Joint size factor (high density area) - Light mode only : Allows you to change the adaptive size of joints on very dense areas (like hands, face) when in Light display mode 

• Pivot size factor: Allows to resize the pivots of the current selection.

• Pivot size factor (unselected joints): Allows to resize all unselected pivots.

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  The size factor of joints and pivots are saved into the scene.

  
  

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• Bake animations: If enabled, your FBX exported animations will be baked with 1 keyframe per frame.
• Use ASCII format:If enabled, your FBX file will be ASCII and not binary, meaning it will be readable with a text editor.
• Embed Media:If enabled, textures will be in the FBX file, and extracted as temporary files each time you open it. If disabled, a folder named [FBX file name]_FBX_Textures will be created next to the FBX file, containing the mesh textures (and needs to be moved with your FBX file).
• Export without animation:If enabled, Content will be exported without any animation. The character will remain in bind pose.
• Export Character node (as dummy): If enabled, the Akeytsu's Character node will be exported in your FBX file.
• Export animations separately : If enabled, each animation will generate one FBX, name like this : FileName_AnimName.fbx

General preferences:

• Rotate and zoom view around selection: If checked you benefit from an automatic rotate and zoom view mode around your joint selection.
• Skip welcome window at startup: If checked, the welcome window will not appear at akeytsu's startup. 
• Do not show update window until next update : discard update popup until you manually install the next update of akeytsu
• Automatically check for updates at startup: If checked, akeytsu will check for updates at startup. We recommend to let this option checked.
• Autosaving files every 10 minutes: If checked, akeytsu will save a back up version of your current files every 10 minutes in the folder Users \ ... \ Documents \ akeytsu \ Autosave.
• Automatic UI scaling: akeytsu supports 4K monitor display. If checked, will adapt the user interface according to your monitor resolution.
• Undo/redo max actions count: Set the desired maximum number of Undo/Redo 
  
• Reverse RMB Zoom View : Allows you to reverse the zoom default behavior

Rendering preferences:

• Rendering quality vs performances (requires restart): offers you to switch between 3 modes so you can better fit to your PC specs. Relies on anti-aliasing samples (Fast=0, Balanced=4, Beautiful=8)

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Rig Atelier preferences (you can access these settings directly by clicking on the wheel in the upper right corner of the Rig Atelier window) :

• Auto-orient on creation: Automatically orient your joints at creation, according to "aim" and "2nd" settings above.
• Snap Joint snap YZ plane pixel threshold (ortho views): Allow to adjust the precision of YZ plane snap feature. Entering "0" will turn off this feature.  When grid is active This also affects distance from which hotpoints/joints will snap to the YZ plane in build/bind pose
• Size factor: Allow to resize the IK and Reverse Foot targets of the current scene.

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• Activate/Deactivate Weight step : Enable or disable a "step" (or snap") when you move the weight slider on the Weight Ramp, this is a Skin Atelier window preference
• Weight step value: define the step value of the Weight Ramp, this is a Skin Atelier window preference
• Activate/Deactivate Strength step: Enable or disable a "step" (or snap") when you move the strength slider, this is a Painter window preference
• Strength step value : define the step value of the strength slider, this is a Painter window preference
• Sweep Weights value below: Weight value threshold used by the "Sweep Weights" command, this is a Skin Atelier window preference
• Hide 3D manipulators if skin painter turned on: If enabled, this feature will hide the 3D gizmos while skin painting stage.
• Allow to mirror weights on different skinned meshes: If enabled, even if the source point and the target point of the mirror do not belong to the same mesh, the algorithm still mirrors the source point at the target point.
• Rigid skinning algorithm : Allows you to switch between Joint proximity (Legacy method) and Geodesic voxel (New method, which is more accurate in most cases than the Joint proximity method, but takes a bit longer to process)
• Voxel precision :  Allows you to change the Geodesic voxel grid subdivision in order to adapt to your model's details. There are 3 modes : Rough (fast), Balanced, and Accurate (precise)
• Max inf.pr vtx: The Duo Skin algorithm and the Skin Painter algorithm will associate at maximum to each vertices the number of joint specified. Min = 1 joint influence ; Max = 8 joints influences
• Low smooth strength (recommended for face): Strengh associated to the joint tagged as low in the picker. The strengh modifies the smoothing of the skinning. This is a Duo Skin preference.
• High smooth strength (recommended for body): Strengh associated to the joint tagged as high in the picker. The strengh modifies the smoothing of the skinning. This is a Duo Skin preference.
• Negligible inf: The weight below this value will be erased with the Duo Dkin algorithm and the Skin Painter algorithm.

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• Discrete move step value:  Set the step value for each move transformation incrementation.
• Discrete rotate step value:  Set the step value for each rotate transformation incrementation.
• Discrete scale step value:  Set the step value for each scale transformation incrementation.
• Toon scale Coefficient: Set the scale coefficient for the toon effect (same coefficient for the 3 axis). 
• Show axis hints: This option extends infinitely axis of the selected object allowing to position and orient it easily according to another object.
• Use Move 3D gizmo in Spinner rotate mode: This option allows to let the Spinner in Rotate mode while handling the Move transformations directly with the 3D Gizmo. This manipulator combo is particularly efficient!
• Synchronize the move and rotate modes coordinate system: Allows you to sync the space (Local, world, Screen) between Move/rotate gizmos 

Stacker preferences (you can access these settings directly in the Stacker window):

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