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Hint: Select a Slow, Medium or Fast preset value from the drop-down menu, drag the
mouse left or right over the time to change the current value, or click to enter a number
directly using the keyboard.
For auto-run animation effects, a further control is added to the thumbnail icon
when you move the cursor over it. The Rehearse button appears just next to the [x]
at upper-right (Figure 208). Clicking it plays the animation from its first frame
through to the last, and holds that image.
Hint: In addition to providing a way to preview the effect (by displaying it on the Preview
monitor, for example), Rehearse offers a handy way to re-run animated alerts and similar
overlays at will. Remember, too, that the Macros feature provides a great deal of useful
functionality in connection with Buffers and their display.
Still image Buffers have another very valuable ability, discussed next.
11.4.5 SHARING BUFFERS
If you wish, you can share the Frame Buffer folder, which contains any still images
used in Buffers, across a network. Share Media Folders and Buffers is easily enabled
or disabled even during a live production using the File menu at the left-hand end of
the Dashboard.
The files which serve individual still image buffers are located in clearly named sub-
folders of the Frame Buffer folder for each session. These folders are arranged as
follows:
Sessiondrive:\Sessions\sessionname\Frame Buffer\Buffer (#)
e.g., D:\Sessions\MySession\Frame Buffer\Buffer 3
The top level Frame Buffer folder for the current session is accessible on the
network when sharing is enabled. This allows still image buffers to be updated
across a network using suitable graphics application (such as Photoshop®).
Note: This special share name assignment is dynamic. Network sharing is activated and
the current Buffer path is automatically updated whenever you enter a session with the
option enabled. This ensures that applications on networked systems can remotely
access and update buffer graphics for the current TriCaster session.