User Guide

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Using Vector Paint (PB only)
Playing back your painting
Use the Playback Mode pop-up menu in the Effect Controls window to specify when and
how quickly your strokes appear in your composition. When you draw strokes, Vector
Paint records information for the stroke start time and the drawing time of each stroke (in
real time). The Playback Mode you select determines when a stroke starts and for how long
it appears. You can set the speed at which the strokes play back using Playback Speed.
Play back your strokes using the Spacebar or RAM Preview, or by viewing the results of a
rendered Composition.
Note: Regardless of how you record your strokes and which Playback Mode you select when
recording, you can always switch to another Playback Mode at any time.
While the Playback Mode chosen affects what you see during playback, it also determines
what you see while you are drawing strokes. Onion Skin mode, for example, is used
primarily while drawing strokes, and then another mode is selected before rendering.
Important: Notice the position of the Time Marker when you begin drawing strokes. This
position affects the appearance of strokes in all modes except All Strokes.
Choosing a Playback mode
There are six modes for playing back the strokes in your paint composition:
All Strokes Displays all strokes for the full duration of the layer, regardless of the position
of the Time Marker when you drew them.
Past Strokes Strokes cut in at the time at which they were recorded and remain visible
until the end of the layer (the Out point).
Hold Strokes Displays strokes from the frame on which they were drawn and holds them
only until the point at which the next stroke was drawn. This treats strokes like Hold
keyframes; as a stroke appears, it replaces the next, as in a slide show.
Animate Strokes Begins drawing the stroke at the current time (that is, at the frame where
the Time Marker is when you draw the stroke). The stroke animates in the same way as it
was drawn.
Current Frame The default Draw Strokes setting. It displays the stroke only at the frame at
which it was painted.
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