Viewer Controls

The Viewer Controls pane is accessible from every workspace except for Pitch and allows you to adjust the Viewer options for animated panels, play the sequence, mask the Viewer, and to use the Draw tools.

Note: The Animation Player controls only display when an animated panel is selected in your sequence.

Note: The Audio Cue controls are hidden during playback and when the sequence doesn't contain audio.

Control	Action
Duration	Adjusts the duration of the selected panel.
Dialogue	Toggles whether or not the dialogue is displayed in the Viewer.
Mask	Toggles whether or not a mask is displayed in the Viewer.
Draw	Toggles whether or not the Draw tools are displayed in the Viewer. Toggle this to add, edit, delete , or view notes already added to the panel.
	Brings up a slider to adjust the sound level when hovering over the button. Clicking on the button mutes audio. To unmute the audio, click on the button again.
Shot Label	Displays the name of the selected shot. You can rename shots, see Shots Note: This option only appears when you have shots in your sequence.
Sequence Player controls
Preload	Preloads the panels that you want to play in the Viewer so that the sequence doesn’t pause during playback to buffer. It also loads all panels in a sequence so that scrolling through them in the Sequence Editor pane doesn’t require waiting for them all to load individually.
	Plays the sequence in the Viewer, starting from the selected panel. This includes the dialogue and any audio accompanying the sequence.
	Displays where in the sequence the Viewer is paused. Scrubbing the slider selects the panel in the Sequence Editor pane, updates the Viewer, and displays the new frame number.
	Displays the frame number of the selected panel. If the sequence has been paused while it was playing through the sequence, it displays the frame number in the sequence where it was paused.
Audio Cue controls
	Mutes the audio of the selected panel(s) by setting the Audio Cue point to -1.
	Modify the audio offset (start point) for a single panel in the Sequence Editor pane. Scrubbing the slider also changes the frame number in the associated entry box.
	Alters the audio cue by typing a value or using the up and down arrow to step the value up or down. The value -2 indicates no cue and the value -1 mutes the audio. Clicking the Mute button also sets the value to -1.
Animation Player controls
Speed	Adjusts the speed the selected animated panel runs at when playing the entire sequence. The default speed set by Editorial is 1.0.
	Alters the mark In and Out points by typing a value or using the up and down arrows to step the value up or down. The In and Out points set which section of the selected animated panel to play in the Viewer.
	Alters the mark In and Out points by dragging the In and Out point arrows.
Preload	Preloads the selected animated panel that you want to play in the Viewer, so that it doesn’t pause during playback to buffer.
	Plays the selected animated panel in the Viewer. This includes the dialogue and any audio accompanying the animated panel.
	Displays where in the animated panel the Viewer is paused. Scrubbing the slider selects the frame, updates the Viewer, and displays the new frame number. Specifies where the animated panel should be split. See Splitting Storyboard Panels.

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