Press Command-. to stop the preview. Save - Ask for a filename and save the animation. Depending on selected options & rendering, this could take hours. Preview - Display a quick preview of the animation in the main MiniCad window. Press Option key to set preview length. QuickTime Options - Set the standard QuickTime compression options. Camera options - Set parameters for the selected animator. Time scale controls how the length of the movie relates to time in the movie. A value of 0.5 indicates 1/2 speed slow motion. Not used by all animation externals. Duration - The length in seconds of the QuickTime movie to be exported. The current Frames Per Second value - Set this in QuickTime Options. The camera menu - Choose an animation drop-in from those installed in your Externals folder.