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Right-click the Step Forward or Step
Backward buttons to choose a frame
increment in which to move the playhead.
Looping Options
The Loop button can be toggled to enable or disable looping during playback. You can right-
click this button to choose the looping method that’s used:
 Playback Loop: The playhead plays to the end of the Time Ruler and starts from the
beginning again.
 Ping-pong Loop: When the playhead reaches the end of the Time Ruler, playback
reverses until the playhead reaches the beginning of the Time Ruler, and then
continues to ping-pong back and forth.
Range Fields
The four time fields on the left side of the transport controls are used to quickly modify the
global range and render range in Fusion Studio.
Global Time Fields to the left of the transport controls.
Audio
The Audio button is a toggle that mutes or enables any audio associated with the clip.
Additionally, right-clicking on this button displays a pop-up menu that can be used to select a
WAV file, which can be played along with the composition, and to assign an offset to the audio
playback.
Render
Clicking the Render button in the transport controls displays the composition’s Render Settings
dialog. This dialog is used to configure the render options and initiate rendering of any Saver
nodes in the composition. Shift-clicking on the button skips the dialog, using default render
values (full resolution, high quality, motion blur enabled).
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