User Guide > Effects > Effect Preferences

Effects Preferences

Animate has a series of preferences you can adjust to make you work more efficient.

General
OpenGL

To open the Preferences panel:

Windows: Select Edit > Preferences.
Mac OS X: Select Animate > Preferences.
Press [Ctrl] + [U] Windows) or [⌘] + [U] (Mac OS X).

Options

Auto-Render: Automatically enables the Auto-Render option.

Performance Optimizations

Enable Tone and Highlight: Turns the Tone and Highlight effects on and off in the Camera, Top and Side views.
Enable Cutter: Turns the rendering of Cutter effects on and off in the Camera, Top and Side views.
Enable composite passthrough for all effects (requires relaunch): Control the behaviour of composite passthrough in conjunction with effects that require a matte. This preference can be used in specific cases where certain modules interfere with the OpenGL display of elements in the Camera view. This preference is off by default.
Enable Colour-Override: Turns the rendering of the Colour-Override effects on and off in the Camera, Top and Side views.