WMS:Film Loop Playback

Once a new AVI film loop has been generated or an AVI film loop has been read from disk, several options are available for playing back the film loop. The buttons at the upper left of the Film Loop dialog are designed to mimic the buttons on a VCR or CD player. The Play button causes the film loop to cycle continuously. The Stop button halts the playback. The Step buttons can be used to advance the film loop forward or backward one frame at a time. In addition, the frame scroll bar can be used to interactively move the frames forward or backward.

The speed of playback can be adjusted using the Speed scroll bar. The maximum speed depends on the speed of the computer and the size of the image being animated. The smaller the image, the faster the maximum playback speed.

Two options are available for cycling the film loop playback. The continuous playback option starts a new cycle at the first frame in the loop after the last frame is encountered. The oscillation option plays the loop in the forward direction to the end of the loop and then in the reverse direction back to the beginning of the loop.