Play Menu

The Play menu lets you preview your project as an animatic in Storyboard Pro at any time during its development process. Using the Playback toolbar, you can preview the visual content, including transformations and transitions, and have it synchronized with sounds.

Command Description

Play

Plays and stops the animatic.

Play Selection

Plays the selected panel in the Timeline or Thumbnails view.

Loop

Repeatedly plays back your animatic indefinitely.

Audio Playback

 

Camera Preview

Lets you preview camera moves and transitions. When you drag the red playhead while Camera Preview is enabled, it will adjust the Stage view to match the point of view of the camera.

First Panel

Moves the red playhead to the first panel.

Previous Scene

Moves the red playhead to the previous scene.

Previous Panel

Moves the red playhead to the previous panel.

First Frame

Moves the red playhead to the first frame.

Previous Frame

Moves the red playhead to the previous frame.

Next Frame

Moves the red playhead to the next frame.

Last Frame

Moves the red playhead to the last frame.

Next Panel

Moves the red playhead to the next panel.

Next Scene

Moves the red playhead to the next scene.

Last Panel

Moves the red playhead to the last panel.

Go to Frame

Opens the Go to Frame dialog box where you can enter the frame number on which the red playhead to be positioned in the Timeline view.