Toon Boom Play Commands
Note: This menu is only available for the Mac OS X version.
Command |
Action |
Access Methods |
About | Opens the About window which displays information related to the application version. |
On Mac OS X, this command is located in the Mac OS X Play menu. On Windows/Linux, select Help > About. |
Quit Play |
Exits the application. |
On Mac OS X, select (Mac OS X) Play > Quit Play. On Windows/Linux, select File > Quit Play. |
Command |
Action |
Access Methods |
Load |
Opens the Load Playback dialog box where you can select one or more images to load in the player. |
File > Load
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Load From Database | If you are connected to the Database, this command opens the Database Selector window where you can select an image sequence to load in the player. |
File > Load from Database |
Reload Frames |
Opens the Load Playback dialog box and indicates which frames are loaded. You can select the frames you want to reload. Use the Reload command to load frames that are currently opened in the player and that were modified since they were loaded. |
File > Reload Frames |
Unload Frames | This command opens the Unload Playback dialog box and indicates which frames are loaded. You can select the frames you want to unload. | File > Unload Frames |
Quit Play |
Exits the application. |
On Mac OS X, select (Mac OS X) Play > Quit Play. On Windows/Linux, select File > Quit. |
Command |
Action |
Access Methods |
Zoom In | Zooms in on the loaded images to view them closer. In the lower-right corner of the interface, you can see the relative zoom level compared to the image’s original resolution. |
View > Zoom In Press 2. |
Zoom Out | Zooms out of the loaded images to view them smaller. In the lower-right corner of the interface, you can see the relative zoom level compared to the image’s original resolution. |
View > Zoom Out Press 1. |
Image | Displays the images in normal mode with all their colours. | View > Image |
Matte | Displays the image’s matte (alpha channel). All transparent zones are displayed in black and all fully opaque zones are displayed in white. Zones that are semitransparent are displayed in grey. | View > Matte |
Loaded Files Properties | Opens the Loaded Files Properties dialog box. Displays the format, path and resolution information of each loaded image. | View > Loaded Files Properties |
Command |
Action |
Access Methods |
Enable Sound | Includes the soundtrack during playback. This command is only available when the application is launched from Harmony. | Play > Enable Sound
Sound button |
Enable Sound Scrubbing | Listen to your sound frame-by-frame. This command is only available when the application is launched from Harmony. |
Play > Enable Sound Scrubbing Sound Scrubbing button |
First Frame | Sets your current frame to the first frame of the loaded image sequence. | Play >First Frame
First button |
Go to Frame | Sets your current frame to any frame you input in the Go to Frame dialog box. | Play > Go to Frame |
Last Frame | Sets your current frame to the last frame of the image sequence. | Play > Last Frame
Last button |
Next Frame | Sets the current frame to its following frame. | Play > Next Frame |
Previous Frame | Sets the current frame to its previous frame. | Play > Previous Frame |
Start Frame | Controls the starting frame of the playback range. Opens the Set Start Frame dialog box. | Play > Start Frame
In the Playback toolbar, enter values in the Start field. |
Stop Frame | Controls the end frame of the playback range. Opens the Set Stop Frame dialog box. | Play > Stop Frame
In the Playback toolbar, enter values in the Stop field. |
Loop | Repeats the scene when it reaches the last frame during playback. | Play > Loop
Loop button |
Play Scene Backward | Plays the animation from the current frame to the first frame. | Play > Play Scene Backward
Play Backward button |
Play Scene Forward | Plays the animation from the current frame to the last frame. | Play > Play Scene Forward
Play Forward button |
Playback Speed | Changes the frame rate of the playback. Opens the Set Speed dialog box. | Play > Playback Speed |
Stop | Stops playback. | Play > Stop
Stop button |
Command |
Action |
Access Methods |
Help | Opens Toon Boom Online Help where you can find useful indexed and searchable information on the operation of the Toon Boom Play module. | Help > Online Help |
About | Opens the About window which displays information related to the application version. | Help > About
On Mac OS X, this command is located in the Mac OS X Play menu. |