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The Animation controls allow you to choose which frame of the animation you are editing, and let you preview the finished project.

This section contains information on the following procedures:

To Specify the Time Display Format

Choose the format as follows:

  • Format: Description

  • Timecode: Hour:Minute:Second:Frame.

  • Frames: Frame number.

To Move to a Specific Frame

Either edit the Current frame field:

Or drag the time slider until the appropriate frame is displayed in the Current frame field:

To Move Frame by Frame

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To Move to the Start or End of the Animation

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To Move to the Next or Previous Key

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Tip: A key is a frame in which one or more properties have been edited.

To Expand the Slider Scale

  1. Click the Range... button.

  2. Select Part of project, and specify the Start time, and the End time or Duration, of the section of the project you want to work on:

  3. Click the OK button.

To Show the Whole Project

  • Click the Slider Range button.

  • Select Whole project and click the OK button.

To Select Continuous Playback

  • Click the Loop Play () button to play repeatedly, restarting at frame 0 after the last frame.

  • Click the Bounce Play () button to play continuously, alternately forward and backwards.