But in that scenario it does pop to the beginning (since it is on the last frame of the work area) before the RAM playback begins. Production artists take this for granted (I assume), but many clients get confused by this.
James
On May 16, 2012, at 1:43 PM, rendernyc wrote: if you are previewing the work area just hit shift end, then 0 to preview and it wont pop
but i agree, i would like a few more options in preview like play once but reverse, and also to add black, or color/frame of yoru choice, on the head/tail, start/end frame so that you start and end without pops
On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 4:37 PM, James Culbertson <albion@speakeasy.net> wrote:
That's what I am talking about. The fact that it pops back to the original playhead position once done playing once (or initially pops from the playhead before starting) is confusing to many clients.
For instance, yesterday I was working with a client on a series of 5 seconds animations. I had to place the playhead at the beginning of the timeline to show the client the first part of the animation via RAM preview. Then place the playhead at the end of the timeline to show the client the end of the animation via RAM preview. What would be helpful is an option to play from beginning to end without popping to or from the initial playhead position.
Of course I could just render the animation out to Quicktime and playback that way. But it wastes time.
James
On May 16, 2012, at 12:11 PM, rendernyc wrote:
go to your previews panel and toggle from loop to ping pong to PLAY ONCE :)
Anyone else think some kind of RAM rendering indicator for clients-supervised sessions would be useful? With a preference to turn it off of course. The info box indicator seems too subtle for clients. And they seem to constantly get confused about what is rendering and what is not. I start to feel like a parrot.
With reference to non-looping RAM preview playback: even if you have the playhead at the beginning, the playhead pops back to the beginning at the end of the preview. This behavior is fine for me most of the time. But it often confuses clients. Would be nice to have a checkbox to have the playhead start at the beginning and stop at the ending of the work area.
Or is it just my clients?
James
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