Page History

Go to Begin

 – Moves the time slider to the beginning of the selected layer.

Go to End

 – Moves the time slider to the end of the selected layer.

Go to In Point

 – Moves the time slider to

the In point

 of the selected layer.

Go to Out Point

 – Moves the time slider to

the Out point

 of the selected layer.

Align Begin at Current

 – Moves the selected layer in the timeline so that the beginning of the layer matches the current time.

Align End at Current

 – Moves the selected layer in the timeline so that the end of the layer matches the current time.

Align In Point at Current

 – Moves the selected layer in the timeline so that

the In point

 of the layer matches the current time.

Align Out Point at Current

 – Moves the selected layer in the timeline so that

the Out point

 of the layer matches the current time.

Position after next Layer – Positions the first frame of the selected layer after the last frame of the layer below it in

the Layer Stack.

Set In Point at Current

 – Sets

the In point

 of the selected layer at the current time.

Set Out Point at Current

 – Sets

the Out point

 of the selected layer at the current time.

Move Up

 – Moves the selected layer one position up in the layer stack.

Move Down

 – Moves selected layer one position down in the layer stack.

Shift One Frame to the Left

 – Moves the selected layer one frame to the left in the timeline.

Shift One Frame to the Right

 – Moves the selected layer one frame to the right in the timeline.

Duplicate – Duplicates the selected layer. The new layer will become selected and will appear over the original layer.

Duplicate and Split

 – Duplicates the selected layer and sets

the Out point

 one frame before current time. The new layer will become selected and

the In point

 will be set at current time.

Expand into Layers

 – This option is available only for .vrimg

 and .exr

 sequences which have additional layers inside. When executed this command creates additional layers in the composition each of which is displaying one of the layers in the .vrimg

 or .exr

 sequence.

Add Other Stereo View

 – Adds the other stereo view of a stereo sequence.

 Chaos Player recognizes certain key words in the path and file name of the loaded sequences in order to find and load the other par part of the stereo sequence. The following words are recognized:

To identify the left view: "left", "Left", "LEFT", "L", "lf", "LF"  
To identify the right view: "right", "Right", "RIGHT", "R", "rt", "RT" 

Resize to Timeline

 – Resizes the

current Still image Layer

 or Embedded Image Layer

 to the length of

the Timeline.

Resize to Work Area

 – Resizes the

current Still image Layer

 or Embedded Image Layer

 to the length of

the Work Area.

Update Frame

 – Forces Chaos Player to reload the current frame. Does not work on movie files.

Update Modified Frames

 – Checks which frames have been updated on the disk since the last caching and removes them from the cache, so they can be reloaded on the next playback.

Automatic Update

 – When this option is enabled,

 Chaos Player will continuously scan for updated frames and reload them in the cache when needed.

Rescan

for New Frames

 – Checks the sequence for new frames and if there are any loads them in the cache.

Watch

for New Frames – Watches the sequence for new frames and automatically adds them to the layer.

Preload into Cache

 – Loads the sequence into the cache without playing it.

Remove

from Cache

 – Removes the layer from the cache so in the next play back it will be reloaded from the hard drive.

Disable Caching

 – Disables caching of the layer and forces direct playback from disk.

Embed

Layer – Embeds

a Still Image

Layer or an

 Audio Layer (containing a .wav

 file) in the composition so that it can be saved in the .

chpcomp file.

Replace With…

 – Opens the standard Open File dialog so a new file can be selected. The new file will replace the current file. All settings of the layer will be preserved. If you have multiple layers selected, you will have to specify the root folder into which the sequences are placed.

Replace with Previous Image

 – Replaces the current still image layer with the previous image in the directory.

Replace with Next Image

 – Replaces the current still image layer with the next image in the directory.

Open Containing Folder – Opens the original location of the layer

.

Reset Position

 – Resets the selected layer’s position to 0, 0 in the preview area.

Half Width Left

 – Moves the selected layer half of its resolution width to the left in the work space.

Half Width

Right – Moves the selected layer half of its resolution width to the right in the work space.

Half Height Up

 – Moves the selected layer half of its resolution height upwards in the work space.

Half Height Down

 – Moves the selected layer half of its resolution height downwards in the work space.

Nudge Left

 – Moves the selected layer one pixel to the left in the preview area.

Nudge Right

 – Moves the selected layer one pixel to the right in the preview area.

Nudge Up

 – Moves the selected layer one pixel upwards in the preview area.

Nudge Down

 – Moves the selected layer one pixel downwards in the preview area.

Delete – Deletes the selected layer from the composition.