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FIGURE 213
As mentioned earlier, animation effects can be of either looping or auto-run type (the
type determination is made in the Animation Store Creator utility when the effect is
generated).
Loading either class of animation effect into a buffer results in a time control being
displayed at right in the buffer label below the icon (Figure 213).
Hint: Select a Slow, Medium or Fast preset value from the drop-down menu, drag the
mouse left or right over the time to change the current value, or click to enter a number
directly using the keyboard.
For auto-run animation effects, a further control is added to the thumbnail icon
when you move the cursor over it. The Rehearse button appears just next to the [x]
at upper-right (Figure 213). Clicking it plays the animation from its first frame
through to the last, and holds that image.
Hint: In addition to providing a way to preview the effect (by displaying it on the Preview
monitor, for example), Rehearse offers a handy way to re-run animated alerts and similar
overlays at will. Remember, too, that the Macros feature provides a great deal of useful
functionality in connection with Buffers and their display.
Still image Buffers have another very valuable ability, discussed next.
11.4.5 SHARING BUFFERS
If you wish, you can share the Frame Buffer folder, which contains any still images
used in Buffers, across a network. Share Media Folders and Buffers is easily enabled
or disabled even during a live production using the File menu at the left-hand end of
the Dashboard.