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RAM Player Configuration Dialog 637
Playback Forward—
Plays the frames in the
animationinrenderedorder.Theflyoutcontains
an option to play the animation once and then
stop.
Next Frame—AdvancestheRAMPlayertothenext
frame in the animation.
Last Frame—Automatically places the RAM Player
atthelastframeoftheanimation.
Frame R ate Control—Setsthedesiredframeratein
frames per second. When playing back a movie,
you see the frame rate displayed in the title bar of
the RAM Player. You can select a predefined frame
rate or t ype in your own frame rate value.
Color S el ector— Ctr l +right-clicking the mouse in
the display window displays the color of the pixel
in the color selector swatch. Stop the animation to
get a correct pixel reading. The RGB of the pixel is
also displayed in the title bar of the RAM player.
Double B uffer —Selecting Double Buffer ensures
that the two frames in channels A and B are
synchronized. Enabling this function has a
substant ial impact on the maximum frame rate.
RAM Player Keyboard Shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts are available for
the RAM Player.
RAM Player Function K eyboard Shortcut
Go To Start Frame
Home
Go To End Frame
End
Go To Previous Frame
Lef t A r r ow
Go To Next Frame
Right Arrow
Playback Reverse
Up Ar row
Playback Forward
Down Arr ow
Stop Playback
Esc or Ctrl +C
Toggle Playback or Stop
Spacebar
Toggle Channel A On/Off
A
Toggle Channel B On/Off
B
RAM Player Function K eyboard Shortcut
Open File in Channel A
Ctr l +A
Open File in Channel B
Ctr l +B
Open Last Rendered Image
in Channel A
Alt+A
Open Last Rendered Image
in Channel B
Alt+B
Scrub Animation
Ctr l +left mouse button o r
right m ouse button
R AM P la yer Confi gura ti on Di al og
Rendering menu > RAM Player > Load a file into either
channel. > R AM Player Configuration dialog
The RAM Player Configuration dialog contains
controls for resolution, fra mes, m emory usage,
and alpha channel for playing back anim ations.
Interfa ce
Resolution group
Width—Definesthewidthatwhichthefileis
loaded.
Height—Defines the height at which the file is
loaded.
Lock As p ect Ra t i o—When turned on, Lock Aspect
Ratio forces the file to load at the same aspect