Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 590)

590 Chapter 21 Paint
To convert paint strokes from Frame to Persist mode:
1 Once the paint stroke is drawn (in Frame mode), click the Edit mode button in the
Viewer shelf.
2 In the Edit Controls tab, select the stroke in the strokeIndex.
Note: You can change the selected stroke later in the Convert Stroke window.
3 Click the Convert Stroke button.
4 In the Convert Stroke window, enable Persist.
To convert multiple strokes, do one of the following:
• To convert all paint strokes from Frame to Persist, enter the whole stroke range in the
“Convert stroke(s)” value field. For example, if you had a total of 12 strokes, enter “1-
12” to convert all 12 strokes to Persist mode.
• To convert selected strokes, enter the desired range in the “Convert stroke(s)” value
field. For example, enter “3-8, 11” to convert paint strokes 3 through 8 and stroke 11
(of the 12 total strokes).
Note: Enter a frame range using standard Shake syntax (“1-100,“ “20-50x3,” and so on.).
• To convert a single stroke, enter the stroke number in the “Convert stroke(s)” field.
5 Click OK.
The strokes are converted from Frame to Persist mode.
You can also convert a persistent paint stroke to appear only within a specific frame
range.
To convert paint strokes from Persist to Frame mode:
1 Once the paint strokes are drawn (in Persist mode), click the Edit mode button in the
Viewer shelf.
2 In the Edit Controls tab, use the strokeIndex slider to select the desired stroke.
3 Click the Convert Stroke button.
In the Convert Stroke window, the message “Convert Stroke from ‘Persist’ to ‘Frame’”
and the Frame Range field appear.
4 Enter the frame range for the paint stroke.
For example, to draw the stroke on frames 1 and 3, and from frames 10 to 20, enter “1,
3, 10-20.”
5 Click OK.
The converted stroke appears on frames 1, 3 and 10 through 20.