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Editing the pegging information

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The Tools > Set Pegging menu enables you to register your scanned image to either:

• a new pegbar position, or

• a new position based on a numeric offset from pegbar A - which is deemed to be the origin.

This is typically used:

• When a character has been animated so that it travels over a distance greater than the amount covered by a single pegbar. (Pegbars are spaced 8 inches apart.) For example, the running girl may travel across more than one pegbar, so you would need to edit the pegging at the particular frame where she moves to a new pegbar.

• To give movement to a character that has been drawn moving 'on-the-spot'. (Movement can also be performed using the Transform node in Director; see The Transform-type nodes.)

To change the pegging to a new pegbar position

1. Click on the frame information area beneath the frame you wish to edit, in the Drawing Browser window. An outline box is drawn around this area.

2. Choose Tools > Set Pegging, and - from the menu displayed - select a letter to denote the new pegbar position.

The pegging information for the selected frame is changed in the Drawing Browser window.

To change the pegging to a numeric position

1. Click on the frame information area beneath the frame you wish to edit, in the Drawing Browser window. An outline box is drawn around this area.

2. Choose Tools > Set Pegging, and - from the menu displayed - select Numeric. The Numeric pegging dialog box appears:

The units used for specifying the value are defined in ScanLevel's preferences. (See Setting display options for pegging.)

3. Type in a value for the pegging:

The value you specify offsets the frame to the right of pegbar A, which is deemed to be the origin.

To specify a position to the left of pegbar A, you can enter a negative value.

4. Click on OK.

The pegging information for the selected frame is changed in the Drawing Browser window.

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Animo NT User's Guide - Version 2.0 - 29 Jan 1999 Copyright © Cambridge Animation Systems