Project Settings

In the Project Setting panel you may adjust the length of the project, the time unit shown on the time counter, the viewing method of the camera and the background.

Click the Project Setting button to open the Time Setting panel.

Project Setting Button

Project Setting Panel

Time Setting Section

• Animation Length: Shows the total length of the project in frame count. The default length for each project is 900 frames. The maximum frame number is 27000.
• Select Time Unit: You may decide to display the time unit in either frame format or time format.

Camera Setting

The camera setting decides the viewing method of the camera.

• Perspective (Keyboard Shortcut: O): This method shows the Z-depth relation of each item inside. The size of the objects, in theory; alter automatically in accordance to the distance of the item.
  

  Two items of identical size viewed 3D view	The farther item looks smaller than the front one (Perspective mode)

  When the camera moves, the closer objects sway faster while the farther ones sway slower.
  
• Orthographic (Keyboard Shortcut: O): This method shows the project regardless of the Z-depth of each object inside. This method is used by most image editing software since Z-depth is unnecessary for them. Therefore, the size of each object looks the same even if it is far away from the camera.
  

  Two items of identical size viewed in 3D view	The distance does not affect the size of the item. (Orthographic mode)

  When the camera moves, each object sways at the same speed.
  
• Adjust the Lens slider to increase or decrease the strength of the Z-depth relationships among the items.

  Lens = 35 (Fish Eye effect) The Z-depth relationship is strong.	Lens = 200 The Z-depth relationship is less.

In this section, you may set the background of your project to a solid color or to a prepared image.

• Click the Color Picker to select a solid color as the background of the current project.
• Activate the Active image box and then click the button to load any prepared image as the background.
  Select from the Display Mode drop-down list to define the mapping method for the image background.

  Prepared Image	Stretched
  Fit	Tiled 2 X 4

Video - External Files

By default, CrazyTalk Animator compacts all loaded video files into a project file, which increases the total size of the project.
To prevent this, you may click on the External Files button to have all the video files saved as external files. This can solve the over-sized project issue. However, do remember to move all the video files together, along with the project file if you move the project to another folder destination.