Animate Tools

 

 

Pencil Test [,]
Renders a B&W wireframe (depending on which Shaded Preview options are selected) of all the frames in an animation, then plays them back in real time.

1. Create an animation.
2. Click Animate in the main tool palette.
3. Click Pencil Test in the lower tool palette.
4. Set the frame range and step rate in the Pencil Test Options dialog. Click OK.
5. The computer will render each frame, one by one. When it is done, it will play them back at full speed.`
6. To stop playback, click the mouse.
7. To scrub through frames, hold down the mouse and move left to rewind or right to fast forward.

Pencil Test Options:

From - First frame in the Pencil Test Animation.
to - Last frame in the Pencil Test Animation.
Step - Forces renderer to draw every nth frame.
fps - Sets the number of frames displayed per second.