About ShowMotion Shots and Shot Sequences

You create and modify shots from ShowMotion. As you create or modify a shot, a thumbnail is generated and added to a shot sequence.

Create and Modify a Shot

When a shot is created, it must be given a name and view type. The view type assigned to the shot determines which transition and motion options you can change. After a shot is created, a thumbnail is automatically generated and placed under the shot sequence that was assigned to the shot. The name of the shot is located below the thumbnail. If you need to change a shot, you can right-click the shot that you want to modify.

The shortcut menu of a shot has the following options:

• Properties. Displays the dialog box to modify the shot’s transition and motion settings, and assigned shot sequence, among other settings.
• Rename. Renames a shot.
• Delete. Removes a shot.
• Move Left and Move Right. Changes the position of a shot in the shot sequence by one position to the left or right.
• Update the Thumbnail. Updates the thumbnail for a single shot or for all shots saved with the model.

Create and Modify a Shot Sequence

When a shot is created, you can add the shot to the default shot sequence or specify the shot sequence to which the shot should be added. Each shot sequence is represented by a thumbnail in ShowMotion. The thumbnail is identical to the first shot in the shot sequence. The name of the shot sequence is below the thumbnail.

The shortcut menu of a shot sequence has the following options:

• Rename. Renames a shot sequence.
• Delete. Removes a shot sequence.
• Move Left and Move Right. Changes the position of a shot sequence in ShowMotion by one position to the left or right.
• Update the Thumbnail. Updates the thumbnails for all shots in a shot sequence or for all shots saved with the model.