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Keyframe Pro 2 Documentation

Preferences

The Preferences dialog can be displayed by selecting Edit->Preferences... from the main menu.

General

Temp Directory

  • Path
    Location on disk where temporary Keyframe Pro 2 files are saved (e.g. intermediate files)

Cache

  • Size
    Maximum amount of memory available for caching audio and video. Warning: It is important to leave enough memory for the OS and other applications otherwise overall system performance may suffer.

File

  • Recent Files
    The maximum number of files to display in the Recent Files menu item
  • Recent Projects
    The maximum number of project to display in the Recent Projects menu item

Confirm Close

  • Always / Saved Project Changes / Disabled
    When to display a confirmation dialog when a project is closed

Options

  • Open media in new players (Windows only)
    Opens media in a new instance of Keyframe Pro 2
  • Resize to fit video
    On load, resize the player to fit the actual video dimensions
  • Add default timeline to new project
    Add a default timeline to an empty project when it is created
  • Pause playback on seek
    Pause playback after changing the playback time using the time control
  • Pause playback on scrub
    Pause playback after left-mouse scrubbing in the viewer
  • Endless mouse scrub
    Wrap the mouse from the left of the monitor to the right (and vise-versa) while scrubbing
  • Pan/zoom mouse controls enabled
    Toggle pan/zoom mouse controls
  • Hide annotation toolbar on launch
    When enabled, restarting Keyframe Pro 2 will always hide the annotation toolbar
  • Highlight current source in Timeline Panel
    Display a highlight on the current source in the timeline overview list
  • Double-click in viewer toggles play/pause
    Toggle play/pause state by double-clicking in the viewport
  • Playback controls seek range start/end
    Seek start/end button on the playback controls are applied to the active range
  • Audio output on backwards playback
    Enables audio (played in reverse) when playing a media file backwards
  • Hide volume control
    When enabled, the volume control becomes a pop-up control activate by a button click

Project

Source Root Directory

  • Path
    The default root directory for source file relative paths

Image Sequences

  • Frame Rate
    The default frame rate applied to image sequences

Frame Numbering

  • Time Control Offset
    The default offset applied to the frame number displayed on the time control (base 0)

Options

  • Add default timeline to new project
    When a new project is created, add a default timeline to it
  • Set default timeline active in new project
    When a new project is created, open the default timeline is viewer A (if created)
  • Restore pan/zoom on project load
    When a project is loaded, restore the previous pan/zoom state
  • Restore hold annotations on project load
    When a project is loaded, restore the "hold annotations" state

Keyboard

Customize the Keyframe Pro 2 hotkeys. See Hotkey Manager for full details.

Annotation

Text Tool

  • Enable Text Dialog
    Display an input dialog for use when entering annotation text
  • Text Dialog Size
    The size of the text dialog relative to the viewer size

Export

FFmpeg Path

The path to the ffmpeg executable

Output

  • Directory
    The default output directory path
  • Format
    Default options for the export format (extension/container, codec, etc...)

Options

  • Resolution
    The default output resolution
  • Video Input
    The default input source for video export (Timeline Source, Viewer Capture)
  • Other
    Default enabled/disabled states for remaining export options

Network

Client API (Maya to Keyframe Pro 2)

  • Port
    The port Keyframe Pro 2 listens on for connections from external applications (changing this value requires a restart)
  • Enabled/Disabled
    Option to enable/disable the client API port (changing this value requires a restart)

Maya Tools

  • CommandPort
    The commandPort that must be opened (in Maya) to allow for communication with Maya Tools
  • Timeout (ms)
    The timeout (in milliseconds) to wait for a response from Maya when using Maya Tools

Advanced

Viewer Scrub Speed

Scrub speed values (pixels per frame) for standard use and modifier keys

Audio on Scrub

Sets the scrub actions that play audio when activated. This can be left mouse scrubbing in the viewer or dragging the global or range time controls.

Note: Frame by frame scrubbing is only guarenteed when left mouse dragging in the viewport.

Options

  • Project Undo/Redo
    Enables undo/redo support at the project level
  • Software renderer (experimental)
    When enabled the software render is used for drawing all UI elements