Grass Valley Xstudio Vertigo Suite v.4.10 - Manual (Page 176)

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Animating scene objects
To preview a scene animation on an output device:
1.
Check that the output device is connected to Xstudio by verifying that the device’s
green light is illuminated in the upper right corner of the Xstudio interface.
2. Switch Xstudio to Preview mode by holding down the Control (CTRL) key while clicking
the P
UBLISH icon. The Publish icon’s heading turns red and now reads “Preview”. The
scene’s Default In animation should begin to playout automatically on the output device.
3. To play any of the animations on the output device, select the animation’s name in the
Animation Tree and then click the P
LAY button located above the Animation Tree,
or right-click on the animation’s name and select the P REVIEW command from the
context menu.
4. You can stop the playout of an animated scene at any time by clicking the S TOP button
located above the Animation Tree.
To scrub an animation using the Animation Editor’s Timeline slider:
1.
Select the animation’s name in the Animation Tree.
2. Drag the Timeline’s slider along the Timeline’s ruler and release it on the
frame/instance where you want to see the state of the animated scene object.
The scene’s canvas updates the scene objects to represent the object property
settings at that point in the animation playout.
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Objects that have an Opacity setting of zero (0.0) are identified on the scene by a colored
placeholder box.
Figure 7-15. Scrubbing allows you to preview the animated objects at specific points of the animation
This is what the scene looks like at frame 1 This is what the scene looks like at frame 93