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Aikiman
02-27-2006, 01:27 AM
Im sorry if this has already been asked and answered if so can you please point me to the thread otherwise I would be grateful to get a response to my question.

Which is.....I want to render out a single frame in Maya that remains consistant throughout the entire animation, this saves me rendering out the same frame a 1000 times. Question is how do I make that single frame visible from one through to frame 1000 in Shake?

Please help if you can, thanks
beaker
02-27-2006, 05:03 PM
By default, a single frame's start and end point is set to "inf"(infinite). So it is already on for every frame. If you only want it showing for 1-1000, just set your inPoint and outPoint in the timing tab of your filein.

BTW, you really should read the manual, this is like basics 101 shake stuff.
Aikiman
02-27-2006, 07:52 PM
Hi Beaker,

Thanks for your response, I understand this is a basic Shake question, isnt this what forums are for no matter how basic a question though? I had problems actually when a 100 frame animation I was compositing over another longer animation, disappeared after frame 100. I guess now I know how to solve the problem thanks to you.

Cheers for your time :)
beaker
02-28-2006, 01:39 AM
With an animation just go into the filein timing tab and set the outpoint to whenever you want it to end. Also you can just go into the time view and grab an edge while holding down "ctrl" and stretch the end point to where you want it to be.

Thanks for your response, I understand this is a basic Shake question, isnt this what forums are for no matter how basic a question though?Yes it is. The trouble is people get annoyed answering the same basic 101 questions over and over again. If you can't take 5 seconds and use the search function for the manual, no one else wants to take 5 seconds and answer the quesiton. Also why wait 5 hours or 5 days for an answer on the forum when the answer is only a search function away. :)
Aikiman
02-28-2006, 01:49 AM
I actually probably would of used the help if I knew exactly it was I was talking about. Try throwing that entire question in the search function, I wouldn't have got the answer you just gave me thats for sure. I know it can be frustrating when noobs repeat the same questions but its not as easy as just using the search function.
beaker
02-28-2006, 03:58 AM
The first few chapters of the Tutorial PDF that comes with shake goes over everything in the gui. It is not that complicated.
Aikiman
02-28-2006, 08:47 PM
Thanks for you help, I will be back.
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