Autodesk 64006-051108-9001 User Guide - Page 227

Go to Time, Open URL, Choose Open URL in the Event menu.

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Supported Events 219 Go to Time Make your movie jump to another time (QuickTime) in the same movie by assigning a time with the Go to Time event. Use Go to Time with multiple hotspots in a movie that pauses on a frame to give viewers options on what to view next. Go to Time is also useful for looping back to the start of a movie after it finishes playing. For example, you want your movie to contain an interactive menu with three options containing hotspots. Use the Go to Time event to assign a different time to each hotspot to direct users to different points in the movie. At the end of each section, assign another Go to Time event to return the user to the menu to make another selection. To create a Go to Time event: 1. Select an existing marker, or click Add to create a new marker. 2. Choose Go to Time in the Events menu. 3. Step through the movie to find the destination frame and time for the event. 4. Choose Current Time from the Go To menu to set the target time for the event. 5. To jump to the In point or Out point of the file, choose To In Point or To Out Point. Note: Also set a keyframe at the destination frame of your Go to Time event to ensure that the frame is a high-quality image and also to improve random access speed. See "Keyframe" on page 223 for details. Open URL An Open URL event opens a Web page at a specified time. For example, if you have a movie about a product and you have information on a Web page that supplements the movie, you can have the movie open up the page in your default browser. If the movie is embedded in a Web page, you can target an adjacent frame or open a new browser window. To create an Open URL event: 1. Select an existing marker or click Add to create a new marker. 2. Choose Open URL in the Event menu. 3. Type the Web page URL in the URL field. 4. Use the Duration menu to choose a time for the event to end. This can be either To Out Point or To Current Time. To use a specific time, step through the movie to the time at which you want to end the event and choose To Current Time. This is not the duration of the URL in the browser, it is the duration of the event in the timeline. This function determines how far past the event you can scrub the movie and still activate the Open URL event.

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Supported Events
219
Go to Time
Make your movie jump to another time (QuickTime) in the same movie by assigning a time
with the Go to Time event. Use Go to Time with multiple hotspots in a movie that pauses on a
frame to give viewers options on what to view next. Go to Time is also useful for looping back
to the start of a movie after it finishes playing.
For example, you want your movie to contain an interactive menu with three options
containing hotspots. Use the Go to Time event to assign a different time to each hotspot to direct
users to different points in the movie. At the end of each section, assign another Go to Time
event to return the user to the menu to make another selection.
To create a Go to Time event:
1.
Select an existing marker, or click Add to create a new marker.
2.
Choose Go to Time in the Events menu.
3.
Step through the movie to find the destination frame and time for the event.
4.
Choose Current Time from the Go To menu to set the target time for the event.
5.
To jump to the In point or Out point of the file, choose To In Point or To Out Point.
Note:
Also set a keyframe at the destination frame of your Go to Time event to ensure that
the frame is a high-quality image and also to improve random access speed. See “Keyframe”
on page 223 for details.
Open URL
An Open URL event opens a Web page at a specified time. For example, if you have a movie
about a product and you have information on a Web page that supplements the movie, you can
have the movie open up the page in your default browser. If the movie is embedded in a Web
page, you can target an adjacent frame or open a new browser window.
To create an Open URL event:
1.
Select an existing marker or click Add to create a new marker.
2.
Choose Open URL in the Event menu.
3.
Type the Web page URL in the URL field.
4.
Use the Duration menu to choose a time for the event to end. This can be either To Out Point
or To Current Time. To use a specific time, step through the movie to the time at which you
want to end the event and choose To Current Time. This is not the duration of the URL in the
browser, it is the duration of the event in the timeline. This function determines how far past
the event you can scrub the movie and still activate the Open URL event.