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title: "Redshift top menu and shelf"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Content/html/Redshift%2Btop%2Bmenu%2Band%2Bshelf.html"
section_path: "Getting Started > Getting Started with Houdini > Redshift top menu and shelf"
description: "The Redshift plugin adds to Houdini a new drop-down menu with all the plugin tools, useful links and information about Redshift."
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# Redshift top menu and shelf

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# Redshift top menu and shelf

The Redshift plugin adds to Houdini a new drop-down menu with all the plugin tools, useful links and information about Redshift.

![Image: H_RS_Menu_UI.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/H_RS_Menu_UI.png)

You can open the **About Redshift** dialog that displays a dialog showing credits and the version number of the plugin.

![Image: H_RS_About_UI.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/H_RS_About_UI.png)

The **Redshift shelf** is available with some commonly used tools.

![Image: H_RS_Shelf_UI.png](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/H_RS_Shelf_UI.png)

>To add the Redshift shelf click on the + icon at the end of the shelf tabs, then **Shelves** > and tick **Redshift**

![Image: image001221.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/houdini/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/image001221.jpg)

Each icon executes a command or script to support the most common Redshift plugin features:

- Add the Redshift ROP node
- Open the plugin options panel
- Enable the IPR real time preview render / reload the IPR scene
- Enable/Disable the IPR scene update
- Take a snapshot of the current MPlay IPR render
- Add the OBJ spare parameters
- Add the Camera spare parameters
- Add a Proxy object
- Add any of the available Redshift lights: Physical, Dome, IES, Sun or Portal lights
- Open the about window