Visualization Guide
Visualization Guide
Visualization Guide

Previewing/recording, Using Animation Producer tools

Following are the general procedures for previewing and recording a script, using tools in the Animation Producer dialog box.

To preview the open script
  1. From the Settings menu in the Animation Producer dialog box, choose Preview, and adjust previewing settings in the Preview Settings box.

  2. From the View option menu in the Preview section of the Animation Producer dialog box, choose the view in which to preview the script.

  3. Click the play (>>) button.

Previewing begins. To abort the preview before its conclusion, Reset.
To record the open script
  1. From the File menu in the Animation Producer dialog box, choose Record Script.
    The Record Script dialog box opens.

    Record Script dialog box

      

  2. From the View option menu, choose the source view for the animation.

  3. From the Shading option menu, choose Wireframe for “rehearsal” purposes or the desired rendering method for a finished or nearly finished script.

  4. (Optional) Adjust other recording settings using controls in the Settings section.

  5. From the List Files of Type option menu, choose the format in which to save the animation. For JPEG format, also choose the compression level from the Compression option menu.

  6. Use the controls in the lower section to name the animation file (or the first file in the animation file series) and specify the destination drive and directory.

  7. Click the OK button.
    The animation file(s) are created. A preview window opens, in which each frame is shown as it is rendered.

If you change the file name, you must insert a number at the end of the filename. This number will be incremented for each frame saved. For example, naming the file that contains the first frame of a Targa-format sequence “orbit01.tga” causes the subsequent frame files to be named “orbit02.tga,” “orbit03.tga,” “orbit04.tga,” and so on. In the event of an interruption to the process, you can return later and pick up from the next frame number in the sequence.

If you require AVI, FLI or FLC, you can convert the sequence to FLI/FLC or AVI via the Movie Player.