The Studio Artist Preferences dialog allows you to set all kinds of different aspects of Studio Artist behavior and interface appearance. One the Mac, you access the Preferences dialog via the StudioArtist : Preferences menu command. On windows you use the File : Preferences menu command.
Running the Preferences emnu command brings up the main Preferences dialog. There are a series of Tab categories at the top of the dialog. Clicking on any of the tabs will bring up specific preference options grouped under that Tab category.
For detailed information on the Studio Artist 4 preferences, you should read the User Guide pdf. Starting on page 529 of the Studio Artist 4 User Guide is a detailed explanation of all of the various Preference options. We'll discuss a few preference highlights below.
The General preferences tab contains preference settings related to the behavior of the program's undo functionality as well as preferences associated with the interface display options and the default canvas sizing. Here's a tip that covers some of the full screen display preference options.
You can set the # of undo steps available via the Edit : Undo menu. Each undo step can take up quite a bit of memory if you are working with large canvas sizes. Undo Buffers can be stored in memory or on disk. Memory Undo Store is faster, but can use up available working memory quickly if you are working with large canvas sizes. Disk Undo store stores undo buffers on disk, which will run a little slower but uses up less working memory.
Movie preferences are associated with Action movie processing and movie stream output.
Onion Skin preferences are associated with Studio Artist's onion skin functionality, which provides a partially transparent source or movie frame display than can be clicked on or off to use as a guide when drawing.
MSG preferences are associated with the MSG Advanced Editor and the Evolution Editor. Here's a tip that provides more information on working with PASeq preferences.
PASeq preferences are associated with display update behavior when paint action sequences (PASeq) playback.
Path preferences are associated with the display and editing of Bezier paths.
Gallery Show preferences are associated with the Gallery Show features available in Studio Artist 4. Here's a tip that discusses Gallery Show features. Here's a link to some articles that discuss Gallery Show features in more detail.
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