Autodesk 663B1-05A111-1001 User Guide - Page 438

13 | Basics Windows and Editors Reference > Timeline preferences Playback Update view If your workspace layout includes several views (for example, selected from Panels > Layouts), you can improve performance by having the scene play in only the currently active view. Click Active or All. Default is Active. Active Scene plays only in the current, active view. All Scene plays in all the workspace views. Looping Specifies what happens when the scene plays forward and then reaches the playback end time (or if playing backwards, the playback start time). Click Once, Oscillate, or Continuous. Default is Continuous. Once Specifies that the scene plays once and then stops. Oscillate Specifies that the scene plays forwards (or backwards) and then plays backwards (or forwards) until you stop playback. Continuous Specifies the scene plays forward to the playback end time (or plays backward to the playback start time) and then begins again at the playback start time (or playback end time) until you stop playback. Playback speed Specifies the speed at which your scene plays. Select Play Every Frame, Realtime (24 fps), Half (12 fps), Twice (48 fps), or Other. Default is Play Every Frame. You can also specify the playback time units. See "Edit animation preferences" in the Animation Basics chapter of the Animation guide. Play every frame When selected, all the frames in your scene play, updating each before displaying the next. The speed depends on how long it takes your workstation to compute and draw each frame. You can specify the playback frame increment in the Playback by field. For example, a Playback value of 2.0 will cause only every other frame to play. Real-time When selected, your scene plays in real-time or 24 frames per second (fps). Maya may not display all frames, depending on your workstation's capabilities, the scene's complexity, and the display mode (for example, wireframe or smooth shading). Half When selected, your scene plays at half the speed of real-time or 12 frames per second (fps). Basics 438