Simple Keystroke

Autodesk Smoke Tips & Tricks - Simple Keystroke

Very busy recently, no time to update the blog, here's a very simple keystroke some might not know of :

1. When you hit 'J' (Replace), the clip in desk will stretch to fit the clip lenght in recorder. But if you hit CTRL-J instead, the clip will just replace the clip without stretch. I used this very often to just change a shot between desk and recorder.

2. When i got a long duration clip, and i want to preview it, i could use the pen scroll through the clip. I could also use the stupid 'V' and 'up or down arrow' key to speed up the scroll speed. Another way i used quite often is, just press '5' numeric key then press and hold the 'left or right arrow' key, this will step through the clip every 5 frame, and you can change it very fast by just press another numeric number then press hold the 'left or right arrow' key again.

3. Another key stroke i used often is, if you smoke halt and not respon to any key press or pen move, then use ALT + TAB to call the smoke shell to front, then press CTRL + C to close the smoke.