Play Controls Palette

The Play Controls palette and the controls that can be found on it are described in the table below. When controls also bring up additional dialogs, these are referenced for more information.

What It Does

The Play Controls palette allows you to play animations. You can set keyframes, which allows you to paint different textures in different parts of the animation sequence.

Play Controls Palette Fields

Control	Type	What it does	Opens this dialog box	Notes
Timeline	timeline	Shows where in the animation sequence you are currently viewing. Keyframes appear as solid boxes in the timeline.
	button	Adds a keyframe at the current frame.
	button	Removes the selected keyframe.
Frame range	entry box	The start and end frames of the animation.
	entry box, dropdown	Sets the start and end frames of the animation to play. Use this if you want to play only a section of the animation. Select the play mode from the dropdown. One of: • Loop - play the selected frames through, repeating again from the start when it finishes. • Bounce - play the selected frames through from start to finish, then backwards from the finish to start, and then repeating. • Stop - play the animation once and then stop.
	button	Move back a single frame.
	button	Move back to the beginning of the animation.
	button	Play the animation.
	button	Stop playing.
	button	Move forward a single frame.

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