Navigating in a Workspace

Use the Current Frame field or the scrub bar to navigate to specific frames in the workspace. The Current Frame field displays the SMPTE timecode (or frame number) of the current frame.

To move to a specific frame:

1. Click the Current Frame field.
2. Enter the timecode or frame number of the frame to which you want to move and press Enter.

Note: You can type the value in timecode or in frame number, regardless of the units displayed in the Current Frame field.

3. Use the following shortcuts when entering timecode.
   
   

   To:	Type:
   Go to 5:00:00	5.00.00
   Go to 05:00	5.
   Go to 05:00:00	5..
   Move ahead 5 frames	+5
   Move back 5 frames	-5

   
   
   

To scrub through a clip using the Current Frame field or the scrub bar:

• Click and drag either the Current Frame field or the scrub bar to scrub through the animation. For finer control, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Macintosh) while dragging. Drag right to move ahead in the clip; drag left to move back.
• Double-click at a specific frame in the Timeline to move to that frame.

By default, when scrubbing you see a wireframe preview of the motion. To preview images, enable Feedback.

Changing Display Units

You can change the Current Frame field to display SMPTE timecode or frame numbers.

To change the display units:

1. Choose File | Preferences | General Preferences.

The Preferences dialog appears.

2. Select a unit from the Display Time As list.

Select from the following options.

Select:	To:
Timecode	Display time in SMPTE timecode.
Frames (from 0)	Display time in total number of frames, starting at zero.
Frames (from 1)	Display time in total number of frames, starting at one.

Note: You can also toggle this preference by clicking the Duration box in the playback controls.

Setting In and Out Points

You can set playback in and out points to limit the range of frames that are played back.

combustion always plays back between the specified frame range. To play your entire clip, make sure the in and out points are at the first and last frame, respectively.

If you start playback when the current frame is outside the range, at first combustion ignores the in and out points and plays normally until it moves into the range specified by the in and out points. At this point, the in and out points are respected if the playback is set to loop or Ping Pong mode.

To set playback in and out points:

1. To set the in point, drag the green marker under the scrub bar to the appropriate frame.
2. To set the out point, drag the red marker under the scrub bar to the appropriate frame.