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Add Loop Event 337
%h is replaced with a 4-digit image height (for
example, 0480)
For example, if the given command line option is:
-w%w -h%h -oframe%f.tga
The string sent to the external program might be:
-w0640 -h0480 -oframe0001.tga
Write image to clipboard—Wr ites the current
rendered image to the Windows clipboard for
retrievalbyanexternalapplication.
Read image from clipboard—Reads the contents of
the Windows clipboard after processing by the
external application. When the processed image
issavedtotheclipboarditautomaticallyappears
in Video Post. With an automated script, it is
possibletoruntheimagethroughanyexternal
image processor and get it back automatically.
Video Post Parameters gro up
V P Star t Time/End T ime—Sets the starting and
ending frames for the selected event w ithin the
overall Video Post queue. Video Post renders the
event over the number of frames specified here.
Enabled—Enables or disables the event. When
this box is clear, the event is disabled and Video
Post ignores it when rendering the queue. Each
eventmustbedisabledindividually.Forexample,
disabling a composite layer event does not disable
the composited image events. The range bars of
disabled events are unavailable in the event track
area.
Add Loop Event
Rendering menu > Vid eo Post > Video Post toolbar > Add
Loop Event
Loop events cause other events to repeat over time
in the output video. They control sequencing, but
perfor m no image pro cessing.
A Loop event is always a parent event with a
single child. The child itself can be a parent with
children. Any type of event can be the child of a
Loop event, including another Loop event.
TheLoopevent’srangebardisplaystheoriginal
duration of the child event’s playback in color
andtherangeofloopedeventsingray.Youcan
change the duration of the child even t’s playback
by dragging the child’s frame range or the child’s
original range in the Loop event’s t rack, but you
can adjust t he f ull length of the loop (the gray part
of the range bar) only by changing the Number of
Times parameter in the Edit Loop Event dialog.
Procedure
To add a loop event:
1.
Select the child event.
2. Click Add Loop Event.
An Add Lo op Event dialog appears.
3. Choose the loop settings, and then click OK.
The Loop event appears as the parent of the
selected event.
The Loop event repeats the child event over the
course of the Loop event’s range.