User Guide

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User Guide
• To have the RAM preview play back using the Shift+RAM Preview Options settings,
hold down Shift and click the RAM Preview button ( ).
To change the number of times the RAM preview plays back:
Do one of the following:
• To have the preview play back once, click the Loop button until it displays the loop once
icon ( ), and then click the Play or RAM Preview button.
• To have the preview loop continuously, click the Loop button until it displays the loop
icon ( ), and then click the Play or RAM Preview button.
• To have the preview play back forward and then backward continuously, click the Loop
button until it displays the palindrome icon ( ), and then click the Play or RAM Preview
button.
To use standard preview:
1 In the Timeline window, make sure that the video switch is selected for the layers you
want to preview.
2 Move the work-area markers to set the time span you want to preview.
3 Do one of the following:
• Choose Window > Show Time Controls, and then in the Time Controls palette, click the
Play button ( ).
• Press the spacebar to start; press again to stop.
To use the manual preview options:
Do any of the following:
• To go forward one frame, click the Frame Advance button ( ).
• To go forward ten frames, press Shift as you click the Frame Advance button.
• To go backward one frame, click the Frame Reverse button ( ).
• To go backward ten frames, press Shift as you click the Frame Reverse button.
• To preview with finer precision, drag anywhere along the jog control or drag the time
indicator or shuttle control ( ).
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