# How do I choose where a scene starts looking?

URL: https://www.panoramr.com/about/faq/how-do-i-set-the-starting-view
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Last checked: 2026-10-29

Open the tour's **Panoramas** tab, click the scene in **Panorama List**, drag the picture on **Panorama Settings** until what visitors should see first is in the middle, and click **Set Initial View**. There is no Save button: the view is saved at once. The same button is on the **Hotspots** tab.

The direction and the tilt are saved for this tour only, so the same photo can open differently in another tour. A scene you have not set opens level, with no tilt. The zoom is not saved with the view: every scene opens at the tour's **Initial zoom (FOV)**, an **Advanced** setting on the **Camera** tab of **Transitions and cameras**.

No plan is needed. A tour with Draft Workflows on shows the old view to visitors until you click **Publish changes**. [Set the starting view of a scene](https://www.panoramr.com/help/setting-the-initial-view-heading-pitch-for-panoramas) has the details and what to do when a link opens a scene facing another way.

More: [Set the starting view of a scene](https://www.panoramr.com/help/setting-the-initial-view-heading-pitch-for-panoramas), [Set how far visitors zoom in one scene](https://www.panoramr.com/help/room-zoom-limits)