The upper section of the window contains controls for creating and previewing your animations.
· The Rendering tool (the little camera icon) lets you render your animation directly from the Project window. When you click this button, the Render dialog appears. This is the same as selecting the Render command from the Rendering menu.
· Timeline controls allow you to move around in your animation, or preview any part of the animation.
When you click one of these buttons, the Current Time pointer repositions itself to the location indicated by the button.
If you hold down the Option key (Macintosh) or the Alt key (Windows) while clicking the Forward Frame or Backward Frame buttons, you will move forward or backward one SECOND at a time, instead of one FRAME at a time.
· Dragging the Jog Shuttle slider slightly to the left displays frames before the current frame. Dragging it to the right displays frames after the current frame. Moving the shuttle closer to the center moves the animation more slowly; moving the shuttle further from the center moves the animation faster.