Simon Edmondson Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 This seemed like the best place to ask (?) I am using V15J on a Mac under OSX10.68 and trying to set up some cycles at first but animations later. There is an anomaly on the Mac version which never seemed to happen in the PC interface and I wondered if there was a way to correct it ? When setting up key frames over a timeline you can 'bracket' the frame range at the top of the window to just play back those you want to see. On the PC ( as I remember it ) the inactive frames were shaded in a different colour and it was easy to spot the limit and then adjust it. On the Mac version, its a slightly darker shade of grey, and that makes it awkward to find the edge and drag the markers to where you want them to go. Is there a way around this ? regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 19, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 19, 2012 On the PC that turns out to be an interface color adjustment you make on some Windows control panel, so I presume there is some similar Mac control panel too. I discovered this only because some PC color schemes made the color difference invisible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 On the PC that turns out to be an interface color adjustment you make on some Windows control panel, so I presume there is some similar Mac control panel too. I discovered this only because some PC color schemes made the color difference invisible. Thank you Rob.Where would you adjust it in Windows ? I'm not sure where to look under OSX, perhaps it a similar or analogous name to the windows variant? regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Just discovered that, if you click with the right mouse button on the play range timeline, ( yes I use a PC mouse on the Mac ). A dialogue box opens up which allows you to specify the start, end and range... In the absence of the colour method this will do for me. Thank you for your time. regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 19, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 19, 2012 I think it was the "Personalization" control panel. I never really found a specific control, but I set it back to plain vanilla Windows 95 colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Simon, I can check this on the Mac when I get home this evening if no one else has offered any ideas by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Simon, I can check this on the Mac when I get home this evening if no one else has offered any ideas by then. Gerry Thats very kind of you. Thanks. simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Sadly Simon, I don't think we can change the colour or the contrast of the greyed out areas in the time line. I have often wanted to give it more contrast as its often near impossible to see. I would also like little slidey markers up there that you can grab and move similar to setting the In and Out points in a film editors timeline. For me it would be quicker than typing in numbers. Humm… that's maybe a feature request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 What markw says sounds about right to me. I'll take a look later but there's prolly not much to add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 Mark and Gerry Thank you for your thoughts. It does sound like a feature request. Where should I make such a request ? regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuchur Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Mark and Gerry Thank you for your thoughts. It does sound like a feature request. Where should I make such a request ? regards simon A:M Reports is the right place to go: LINK See you *Fuchur* PS: You will have to register again over there. Your forum-login will very likely not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 20, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 20, 2012 I would also like little slidey markers up there that you can grab and move similar to setting the In and Out points in a film editors timeline. For me it would be quicker than typing in numbers. You can grab and slide the beginning and end of the play range. Of course you have to be able to see them to do that. Some other visible marker would be a useful thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hash Fellow robcat2075 Posted June 20, 2012 Hash Fellow Share Posted June 20, 2012 After some snooping I found that in Windows 7 if you go to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Personalization>Window Color you can choose the color of Windows interface elements "3D objects" sets the color of the grey area of the A:M playrange "Window" sets the color of the white area. Both of those control much more than just the color of the playrange, changing them can make for a very odd looking computer display. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Didn't get to it last night as I was at the office til 9pm, and I won't be home til late tonight either. Looks like you're in good hands though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largento Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 I'm coming in late on this, but is this what we're talking about? The shaded frames in the timeline? 'Cause the ones out of range of my choreography appear pink on the Mac, which is really easy to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markw Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 After some snooping I found that in Windows 7 if you go to Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Personalization>Window Color you can choose the color of Windows interface elements "3D objects" sets the color of the grey area of the A:M playrange "Window" sets the color of the white area. Both of those control much more than just the color of the playrange, changing them can make for a very odd looking computer display. Yes Robert, that's about the same on Mac's. Any actual changes to the time line display are more accidental than planed! I'm coming in late on this, but is this what we're talking about? The shaded frames in the timeline? 'Cause the ones out of range of my choreography appear pink on the Mac, which is really easy to see. Yep, that's what we'r talking about Mark. But its when you switch out of the curve editor and are looking just at the Keyframes that it can be a bit tricky to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 Another glitch of a different sort. Trying to animate two figures in a chor, using the 2008 rig in V15J on an Imac with OSX 10.68 ( with Intuos tablet and mouse ) The sliders that allow you to navigate around the PWS have frozen so that they can not be moved. What I mean is that the window that shows the heirachy won't move up and down. The Time line won't move left to right and the frame slider in the controls won't move either.. The bones can be selected in the chor window but not in the PWS. I've just tried it again and it seems to work now but... Has this been experienced by other people too ? regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 If it was just a one-time thing I wouldn't worry about it unless it happens again. If you re-started or reloaded the chor and it's fixed, it may have just been an isolated hang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Edmondson Posted June 27, 2012 Author Share Posted June 27, 2012 If it was just a one-time thing I wouldn't worry about it unless it happens again. If you re-started or reloaded the chor and it's fixed, it may have just been an isolated hang. Gerry Thank you for your reply. It has happened before, only not as comprehensively. If I was on a PC I would worry about a virus but don't think its that . A puzzle. regards simon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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