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702 Chapter 21: User Interface
To move ahead or back many frames at a time:
• Click in the empty track to either side of the
time slider. The time slider will jump to your
cursor position. This is a faster way of moving
in time than dragging the time slider.
To move to the firs t or last f rame of the active time
segment:
• Use the time control buttons Go T o
Start or Go To End.
To display SMPT E time code on the time slider:
• Click Time Configuration in the time
con trols, and then under Time Display, choose
SMPTE.
To display subfra mes on the time slider:
• Click Time Configur
ationinthetime
controls, and then under Time Display choose
Frames:TICKS or MM:SS:TICKS.
Each frame is divided into subframes.
To use the time slid
er to adjust animation, do one of
the f ollowing:
• To copy a pose from one frame to another, with
Auto Key on or off, and Set Key off, right-click
thetimeslideran
ddragtoanewlocation.
TheCreateKeydia
log appears with Source
Time set to the frame you were on when you
right-clicked, and Destination Time set to the
frame to which y
ou mov ed the time slider.
Togg le the Position, Rotation, and Scale check
boxes as necessary and then click OK to create
a key at the des
tinationframefortheposeat
the source frame.
• In S et Key mode, if you have posed your
character on the wrong fr ame, rig ht-click and
drag the time
slider. The pose is moved in time
to the new time slider position. Click the Set
Key button to set the keys.
To scrub the a nimation with the mouse but without
dra gging:
1.
Go to Customize > Customize User Interface.
On the Keyboard panel, click in the Action list
and then press
T to jump to the T section.
Scroll dow n to find Time Slider Capture Toggle
and click it.
2. Click the Hotkey field and then press a
keyboard combination to assign as a keyboard
shortcut; for instance,
Ct rl +T .Clickthe
Assign button.
3. Close the Customize User Interface dialog and
then press your hotkey for Time Slider Capture
Toggle.
4. Move the mouse lef t and ri g ht without pressing
any buttons.
The t ime slider moves in tandem with the
mouse.
5. To exit this mode, press the hotkey again or
click any mouse button.
Interfa ce
Bydefault,theactivetimesegmentisfrom
frame 0 to fr ame 100. The slider displays time in
frames, SMPTE numbers (page 3–1013),orother
measurements, depending on the current setting
in the Time Configuration dialog (page 3–725).
Thesliderbardisplaysthecurrentframe,followed
by a slash (/), followed by the total frames in the
active time segment. For example 25/100 means
frame 25 of 100 frames. The current frame also
appears in the current frame field. If animation
(page 3–909) exists in the scene, it’s played back as
you drag the time slider .
The buttons on either side of the time slider bar
moveoneframetotheleftandoneframetothe
right, like the Previous Frame and Next Frame
buttons in the time controls. If Key Mode (page
3–724) is on, these buttons duplicate the Previous
KeyandNextKeybuttons.