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Blue Pencil 2 Documentation

czBluePencilFrame

Command (MEL)

czBluePencilFrame

Synopsis

This command performs BP2 frame operations on the active layer of the camera specified. The camera name should be the last argument provided.

Return Value

Return type is based on flags

Flags

Long name (short name) Arguement types Properties
-insert (-ins) C
Insert a new frame at the current time.
-duplicate (-duplicate) C
Duplicate the previous frame at the current time.
-delete (-del) C
Delete the frame at the current time.
-cutFrame (-cut) C
Cut the frames in the selected timeline range and copy to clipboard.
-copy (-cp) C
Copy the frames in the selected range to the clipboard.
-paste (-pst) C
Paste clipboard frames starting at the current time.
-stepForward (-sf) C
Set the current time to that of the next BP2 frame.
-stepBack (-sb) C
Set the current time to that of the previous BP2 frame.
-move (-mv) int int int C
Move the frames, by an offset value, in the given range.
-retime (-ret) int C
Retime the frames in the current timeline range based on frame count provided and optional flags.
-relative (-rel) C
Optional retime flag. Converts the specified frame count to a relative shift.
-moveToNext (-mvn) C
Optional retime flag. Move to the next BP2 frame after retiming.