Animation / Parameters Command
when you select this command, the Animation Parameters dialog will open, allowing you
to change parameters that affect your animation as a whole: Frames / Second: determines the framerate of your
animation. typical values would be 30 f/s for NTSC television, 25 f/s for PAL, and
24 f/s for film. Total Frames: displays the total number of animation frames
that will be rendered. this value will always equal the duration of the animation
times the framerate. if you modify this value, the duration of your animation will
be altered to maintain this relationship. From: sets the first frame to be rendered. To: sets the last frame to be rendered. From and To allow you to set the
first and last frames to be rendered, respectively. often, after setting the required
duration of an animation using either Seconds and Frames
/ Second or Total Frames, youll find that
you have unneeded "garbage" frames at the beginning or end of the animation. you
can avoid wasting time needlessly rendering these frames by setting From
and To appropriately. you can save yourself a great deal of time and frustration by cultivating the habit of
always setting the duration of a new document before you begin working on it, and setting
it to a value longer than youll ever need. you can always trim start and end frames
off the animation as needed to set the "real" duration. remember, too, that you can quickly and easily change the duration of an animation if
the action is happening too quickly or too slowly just change either Seconds
or Total Frames. when you re-render the animation, everything
will be slowed-down or sped -up to the new duration. |
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