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# Playing Shots

You can play shots in the Player from any menu in Lustre using either playback controls or hotkeys. To play shots, you must first load them into the Storyboard. See Creating a Cut with Shots in the Library.

You can also use a full-screen Player to view shots without the clutter of menus. This Player is particularly useful for viewing 2K footage at full resolution.

When you play shots in the Player, you can do the following:

- Loop the entire Storyboard.
- Loop the current shot in the Storyboard.
- Loop between in and out points.

NoteFor information on playing shots with audio, see Using Audio.

To play shots in a cut:

1. Load your shots into the timeline. See Adding Shots to the Timeline.
2. Click the Play Mode button or press the . key (the decimal point on the numeric keypad) to cycle through playback range options.

   (a) Playback controls(b) Play Mode button

   Select: | To specify a looped playback range:
   --- | ---
   | Of the entire timeline.
   | Of the current shot.
   | Between in and out points.

3. To set in and out points, go to the start and end frame and mark the in and out points.

   Press: | To:
   --- | ---
   Shift+I | Mark an in point.
   Shift+O | Mark an out point.
   Shift+L | Clear in and out points.

4. Use the following playback controls or hotkeys to play your shot forward or backward.

   Click: | Or press: | To:
   --- | --- | ---
   | Up Arrow | Play the cut forward.
   | Down Arrow | Play the cut backward.
   | N/A | Stop playback.
   N/A | Spacebar | Start or stop playback in the direction last played.

   NoteFor information on navigating to a particular frame, see Navigating through Shots.

#### Topics in this section

- Using the Full-Screen Player