User`s guide

Chapter 1 Desktop
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To preview a color and save:
1. Click the Eyedropper tool in the Controls window and drag over the color ramp.
2. Press C to preview the color in the Composite window.
You can preview as many colors as you want.
3. Press V to commit to the previewed color, or press Enter.
To cancel and leave the color unchanged:
• Press Escape.
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Until you commit to the color by pressing V, or pressing Return or Enter, the color is not
applied even though it appears in the Composite window.
Controls Window Buttons
The Controls window includes a series of buttons to provide fast access to common
commands. These buttons are contextual, if they do not apply to the selected track, they do
not appear in the Controls window.
For example, the Reflection Map button appears when you work with the 3D Extrusion
shape.
Eyedropper
Color ramp
The Reset Tab button resets all the parameters in the tab to the default
settings.
The Track Selector toggles between he Shape and Face tracks for the
current track in the timeline, saving you having to click multiple disclosure
triangles to select a track. The keyboard shortcut for this command is F.
The Reflection Map button creates a Reflection Map track in the timeline.
The Reflection Map track produces reflections on the faces of 3D
Extrusion tracks. See Applying Materials in 3D Space on page 327for
more information.