Using Preview Display Windows

The three playback windows along the bottom of the main SoundSync window are:

• the Keyset window
• the Mixed window
• the Reference window.

The preview display windows appear as follows:

Keyset Window

The Keyset window, the window on the left, displays the animation on the active keyset or nothing. The animation is shown either as geometry or as playback images according to the selection in the menu beside the name of the window which appears as follows:

When there is nothing loaded into SoundSync, the Keyset window is labelled Keyset. However, when a keyset is selected using the Key Sets menu in the menu bar, the name of the Keyset window updates to the name of the keyset selected.

Mixed Window

The Mixed window puts all of the keysets together. Therefore, the Mixed window shows only geometry.

The Mixed window menu appears as follows:

Reference Window

The Reference window shows reference footage aligned with the soundtrack.

The Reference window menu appears as follows:

Turning off the Mixed and Reference windows can speed up playback.

You turned off the Mixed window earlier. Even though you have not loaded reference footage, select Off on the option menu for the Reference window as well.

Viewing Animation in the Keyset Window

1. Click the middle mouse button over the soundtrack to deselect the region in the soundtrack display area.
2. Click the playback button to observe the quality of playback in the Keyset window.
3. Select Image in the Keyset window's menu. The window appears as follows:

   

4. Click the playback button to observe the animation again.

   By playing back images only, SoundSync's display rate is greatly increased, but the quality of the regions between keyframe is not as good.

   Notice as you play the animation back that the section that contains the keyframes you deleted earlier is no longer lip-synched correctly.