Using the Player Controls

The Player controls are shared by all Player views. The Start Frame, End Frame, and Current Frame numbers in the Player controls reflect those of the currently selected Player.

The Player controls allow you to:

Play a composition
Set the repeat mode for the playback
Scrub through the composition
Adjust the start or end frames of the composition
Set a cue mark
Move to an existing cue mark
Delete a cue mark
Set a keyframe manually
Move to an existing keyframe
Turn Autokey on or off

To play a composition:

Click:	To:
	Play the composition backward.
	Play the composition forward.
	Enter the fullscreen Player. Press theF key to return to the Player view.
	Step backward one frame.
	Step forward one frame.
	Move to mark in.
	Move to mark out.

To set the repeat mode:

Click the Repeat Mode on the left of the Player controls, and select a repeat mode from the menu:

Select:	To set the repeat mode to:
	No repeat. Playback ends when the Player reaches the last frame of the composition.
	Loop continuously.
	Ping-pong. Plays the composition forward to the last frame then backward to the first frame, in a continuous cycle.
	No repeat, to restrict playback to the region between the mark in and mark out frames.
	Loop continuously, restrict playback to the region between the mark in and mark out frames.
	Ping-pong, restrict playback to the region between the mark in and mark out frames.

To scrub through a composition:

Click and drag in the Current Frame field.

To adjust the start or end frames of the composition:

a) Start Frame field b) End Frame field

Click and drag in the Start Frame field to adjust the start frame for the composition, and/or in the End Frame field to adjust the end frame for the composition. The Start and End fields in the Composition tab of the Tool UI update to reflect the changes you make here.

To set a cue mark:

Advance to the frame for which you want to set a cue mark, then click the Set Cue Mark button.

The cue mark appears in the Current Frame field.

To move to an existing cue mark:

Click a cue mark button on the left of the Player controls to move to an existing cue mark.

Click:	To:
	Move to the previous cue mark.
	Move to the next cue mark.

To delete a cue mark:

In the Tool UI, select the Cue Mark tab, locate the cue mark you want to delete, then right-click and select Delete.

To set a keyframe manually:

Mark the attributes for which you want to set a keyframe. See Marking Attributes for Keyframing.
Advance to the frame at which you want to set a keyframe.
Click the Set Keyframe button.

To move an existing keyframe:

Click a keyframe button on the left of the Player controls to move to an existing keyframe.

Click:	To:
	Move to the previous keyframe of the currently selected tool node.
	Move to the next keyframe of the currently selected tool node.

To turn Autokey on or off:

Click the Autokey button. See Setting Keyframes Automatically.

For more information on the player, please see The Player.