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 the animatic in the Stage or Camera view.
Play Selection	Plays the selected panel in the Timeline or Thumbnails view.
Loop	If pressed, your animatic will repeat indefinitely when playing. Otherwise, it will stop when the end is reached.
Playback Range	Defines the boundary of what will playback from the Timeline.
Storyboard Track	Will automatically set the Playback Range to the length of the panels in the Timeline.
Storyboard and Audio Track	Will automatically set the Playback Range to the length of the panels and audio tracks in the Timeline. TIP If the audio track extends further than the panels, the Playback Range will set the last frame of the audio as the end of the range.
Working Range	When enabled, handles will appear on the Timeline to manually set the Playback Range. To set the range manually, click and drag the handles along the Timeline.
Set Start Frame	Set the beginning of the Playback Range on the selected frame.
Set Stop Frame	Set the end of the Playback Range on the selected frame.
Set Range from Selection	Set the Playback Range based on the Panels selected.
Audio Playback	When enabled, the soundtrack of your project will play during playback.
Audio Scrubbing	When enabled, the part of the soundtrack that is at the current frame will play every time you move the timeline cursor, allowing you to navigate the timeline of your animatic by sound. This makes it easier to synchronize the action and the audio in your animatic.
Camera Preview	Lets you preview camera moves and transitions. When you drag the timeline playhead while Camera Preview is enabled, it will adjust the Stage view to match the point of view of the camera.
Project First Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the first frame of the project.
Previous Sequence	Moves the timeline playhead to the previous sequence.
Previous Scene	Moves the timeline playhead to the previous scene.
Previous Panel	Moves the timeline playhead to the previous panel.
Panel First Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the first frame of the current panel.
Previous Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the previous frame.
Next Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the next frame.
Panel Last Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the last frame of the current panel.
Next Panel	Moves the timeline playhead to the next panel.
Next Scene	Moves the timeline playhead to the next scene.
Next Sequence	Moves the timeline playhead to the next sequence.
Project Last Frame	Moves the timeline playhead to the last frame of the project.
Go to Scene	Opens the Go to Scene dialog box, which allows you to select a scene in your project and instantly move the timeline playhead to that scene.
Go to Frame	Opens the Go to Frame dialog in which you can enter a frame number and instantly move the timeline playhead to that specific frame. NOTE The frame number is based on the start time of your project. If your project starts at frame 0, entering 0 will move the timeline playhead to the first frame of your project.