Apple Shake 4 Tutorials - Manual (Page 25)

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Flipbook Controls
The following table contains several Flipbook controls.
You can have as many Flipbooks as memory allows, but once closed, all links to the
Flipbook are lost—you cannot save or use the images again. You can stow the
Flipbooks and retrieve them later, but they take up memory.
You can also use the Time Bar to indicate a frame range and obtain playback. The Time
Bar displays the range that you want to concentrate on, and does not get saved into
the script.
To set the playback range for the Time Bar:
m Place the pointer over the Time Bar and press Home on the keyboard (or click the
Home button in the Time Bar) to load the script’s timeRange into the Time Bar.
To play the sequence in the Viewer:
m Click the Play forward button in the Time Bar to play through the sequence. Playback
does not occur in not real time, but does place the images into the memory cache,
optimizing future calculations in the interface.
m Shift-click the Play Forward button to playback from the images cached to disk from
the Time Bar.
For more information on the Flipbook, see “The Flipbook, Monitor Previews, and Color
Calibration” in Chapter 11 of the Shake 4 User Manual.
Control Action
. (Period; think of it as the > key.) Play forward.
, (Comma; think of it as the < key.) Play backward.
R, G, B, A, C Show the red, green, blue, alpha, and color channels.
Shift-drag Scrub through the animation.
Escape (Esc) Close the window.
Play
forward Play
backward Home