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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