Previewing your script using the flipbook – Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 1
An Overview of the Shake User Interface
Previewing Your Script Using the Flipbook
You can render a temporary Flipbook to preview your work. Once the Flipbook has
rendered into RAM, use the playback buttons (described below) to play back the
Flipbook. The Flipbook is available on Mac OS X and Linux systems.
To launch the Flipbook from the interface:
1
In the Globals tab, set the timeRange, for example, 1-50 or1-50x2.
2
Load the node that contains the image you want to preview into the main Viewer.
3
Click the Flipbook button in the Viewer shelf.
A Flipbook window appears, and the specified timeRange is rendered into RAM for
playback.
4
When the render is finished, press the period or > key to play the result. When you’re
finished viewing the Flipbook, close the window and it disappears from memory.
On a Mac OS X system, you also have the option to create a disk-based QuickTime
Flipbook. For more information on using both RAM and disk-based Flipbooks, see
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