Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 256)

256 Chapter 7 Using the Node View
Toggling Thumbnails Between Color and Alpha Channels
When the pointer is positioned over a thumbnail, a number and letter appear in the
upper-left corner, indicating which frame is loaded as a thumbnail, and whether you
are looking at the RGB/Color view (C) or the Alpha view (A). Thumbnails can be toggled
between Alpha and Color view on an individual basis.
To toggle thumbnails between Color and Alpha view:
1 Select one or more nodes.
2 To display the Color view, right-click in the Node View, then choose Thumbnails > View
RGB channels from the shortcut menu.
3 To switch back to the Alpha view, right-click in the Node View, then choose
Thumbnails > View Alpha channels from the shortcut menu.
You can also place the pointer over a thumbnail and press A or C to toggle between
the Alpha view and the Color view.
Defining Which Nodes Are Created With Thumbnails
You can declare any specific type of node to always contain thumbnails upon creation.
For example, to add FileOuts into the list of nodes receiving a thumbnail, set the
following ui.h code:
nuiNodeViewEnableThumbnail(“FileOut”);
You can also disable an enabled node with the following ui.h code:
nuiNodeViewDisableThumbnail(“FileOut”);
For all nodes, use NRiFx as your class. Note, however, that specifying downstream nodes
(especially FileOut nodes) can cause pauses at script load time, as the entire tree must
be calculated to derive the proper thumbnail. Use with caution.
To have thumbnails always off, disable the thumbnails in the guiControls of the Globals
tab, then choose File > Save Interface Settings, or add the following ui.h code:
script.displayThumbnails = 0;
Indicates a thumbnail
displaying frame 1, in
Alpha view.