Render Modes

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Kanvas can draw the same design at four different levels of visual fidelity. The level is called the render mode, and it controls how much of Kanvas’s visual machinery — badges, overlays, textures, grid, relationship animations — actually runs on each frame. Lower-fidelity modes paint less, so they stay fast on larger designs. Higher-fidelity modes show everything, which is what you want on a design you’re polishing or presenting.

The render mode is a performance tool, not a document property. Switching modes does not change your design — components, relationships, layers, and metadata are identical. It only changes what Kanvas chooses to render on screen.

Rendering on Layer5 Documentation

Render Modes