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Display Clip Information in the Player
You can now overlay clip information (metadata for short) over the image in the Player, in a fashion similar to Burn-in Metadata FX, but without having to manage a Timeline FX on a gap.
Display the Metadata Overlay using:
- The new
Metadata Overlay (
) button.
- The new
Show button in the Player's
Show Overlays panel.
- The Toggle Metadata Overlay Display shortcut.
-
- The shortcut is assigned to F10 in the Flame and Smoke Classic user profiles.
- The shortcut is available in the Tangent Mapper (General section) but is not assigned to a key by default.
Two Metadata Overlays presets are available: Frame and Timecode. They display the same information as the Information window when you Alt+click any clip or segment.
To modify the information displayed:
- Click
- Edit the displayed information. You have access to the same information that you can find in the Burn-in Metadata node or FX.
- Click Exit.
You can also create a preset. The presets you create are available from the Metadata Overlay menu, making it easy to switch.
To create a Metadata Overlay menu:
- Click .
- Edit the displayed information.
- Click Save.
- In the Save File dialogue, name the new preset.
- Select where to save the setup with the
Setups Directory menu.
- User (Player Overlay): These setups are available only to the current user, and are used in Metadata Overlay. These setups are available from the .
- Shared (Player Overlay): These setups are shared with all users, and are used in Metadata Overlay. These setups are available from the .
- Project (Batch and Tool FX): The setups saved at the project level. Use this directory to be able to reuse your Metadata Overlay setup in Burn-In Metadata node, tool, or Timeline FX.
In the Player, you can select the source of the displayed information. This source is either the Primary or the Background track (the lowest track in the timeline). You can set this in the
, or in the Overlays menu, with the Track box.![](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2024/ENU/Flame-WhatsNew/images/GUID-59467BB0-835B-4691-8804-E19B40FD8748.png)
More Improvements
Reassigned Keyboard shortcut. The Toggle Overlays Display keyboard shortcut changes from Alt-O to F11.
Overlay button. You now display or hide Overlays using the Overlay button. Use the Overlay drop-down to select a preset or edit the overlay.
![](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2024/ENU/Flame-WhatsNew/images/GUID-3961C747-B3A0-4907-8552-0E1859C62035.png)
Overlay button in the Player
![](https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2024/ENU/Flame-WhatsNew/images/GUID-55AB27B2-22EC-42F4-8D6B-F6CB1BB5F40E.png)
Overlay button in Batch
Set playback. The new preference
Start/Stop Play on Frame, in
, controls where special playback starts. With the option selected, special playbacks start and stop where the positioner is located. With the option unselected, special playbacks start from the beginning of the clip. You select a special playback by
long-clicking Play (
). Special playbacks are In to Out, Start to Out, In to End, Selection, and Custom.
Select segment over cut. In the Fullscreen Player, the new option
Ignore Implicitly Selected Cuts, selects a segment rather than a cut when the positioner is on the first frame of a segment. The option is in Fullscreen Play menu, accessed by
long-clicking Play (
), and is selected by default.