Viz Artist

Version 3.10 | Published May 03, 2018 ©

Director Control Panel

Click the Director option in the Time-line Editor to open the Director Control Panel.

The Director Control Panel lists all available Directors of the selected layer. To see all layers (Front, Main and Back) click the expand icon images/download/attachments/27788670/animation_animation_director_expand.png .

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It is possible to select one or more directors in the list to play them individually.

Note: There are two sets of control buttons; one set for controlling individual directors in the selected layer and one set for controlling the all directors in all layers.

  • Front: Lists the directors belonging to the front layer scene.

  • Main: Lists the directors belonging to the main scene.

  • Back: Lists the directors belonging to the back layer scene. This button is only enabled if a back layer has been defined in the Layer Manager.

  • All: If activated, selects all directors in the list.

  • Start Animation/Play Layer: Plays the current Director(s) of all layers or the selected layer from the beginning (see Basic Animation Functions).

  • Stop Animation/Stop Layer: Clicking manually stops the currently playing animation at the current point on the time-line for all layers or the selected layer. Right-clicking stops only the selected directors (see Basic Animation Functions).

    Note: The animation is automatically stopped when it reaches the end of the time-line, or a stop point along the time-line.

  • Continue Animation/Continue Layer: Clicking manually continues the animation of all layers or the selected layer to the next point on the time-line.

  • [0-10]: You can save up to 10 combinations of selected directors per layer by selecting them and dragging them onto one of the numbers. Afterward, when you click a number, the combination of saved directors is then selected.

    Note: These selections are on a per-layer basis and also cannot be saved.

  • F, M, B: Enables the layers that should be controlled using the Play Stop and Continue Layer buttons.