Menu commands

File menu

Item Description
New project… Create a new project from the given footage as underlay
Open… Open an existing project
Save Save current project
Save As… Save current project with a new name
Close Project Close current project
Import Overlay… Import an overlay from given file(s), replacing current one
Render Render current composition to a sequence of images or an AVI sequence. The output sequence may contain the underlay with applied overlay, or the overlay with alpha channel.
Copy Transforms Place current transformations to the clipboard and switch, if possible, to the AE application
Export Transforms… Save the description of current transformations to the given file
Preferences Contains user settings. See below.
Exit Close the application

File|Preferences menu

Item Description
Cache Size Define the size of the cache, in percents of RAM. Clear the cache, if necessary.
Rendering Format Select the default format for rendering
Rendering Format|Alpha Define the presence of the alpha channel in the output video
Rendering Format|Field Define the presence and the type of interlacing in the output video
Overlay Alignment Define initial alignment of the overlay relative to the underlay, in case when they differ in dimensions
Overlay Alpha Define the default alpha interpretation for the overlay footage
Property Hint Language Choose the language of property hints in the property editor

Edit menu

Item Description
Undo Undo the last action
Redo Redo the last undone action
Clear Delete the active object
Undo Watch Display a list of currently undoable actions
Redo Watch Display a list of currently redoable actions

Segment menu

Item Description
New Segment Create a new segment with the key frame in the position of the current frame and default algorithm parameters
New from Active Create a new segment with the key frame in the current position, and copy algorithm parameters from previously active segment
Activate below Activate the below segment (or the topmost segment if none was active)
Activate above Activate the above segment (or the bottommost segment if none was active)
Import Mask… Import a mask for current segment from a file
Export Mask… Export the mask of the active segment to a file
Process Start or resume processing of current segment
Cancel Cancel processing of current segment
Trim Erase computed data beyond the bounds of active segment
Process All Place all segments of the composition into the processing queue
Cancel All Cancel processing and remove all segments of the composition from the processing queue

Display menu

Item Description
Preview Switch the View window to the preview mode
Edit Mask Switch the View window to the mask editing mode, and start editing the mask of the active segment
Zoom In Double the View scale
Zoom Out Halve the View scale
Fit on Screen Adjust the View scale so that the frame fits the window size
Actual Pixels Set the View scale to 100%
Underlay Toggle the display of the underlay in the View
Overlay Toggle the display of the overlay in the View
Mask Toggle the display of the mask in the View
Background Color Set the background color in the View
Overlay Opacity Set the opacity for the overlay in the View
Mask Color Set the mask color in the View
Mask Opacity Set the opacity for the mask in the View
Interpolation Choose the interpolation method for the View (between fast Nearest Neighbour and precise Bilinear)
Inverse Mask Define if masked or unmasked pixels of the mask are displayed as a colored region

Time menu

Item Description
First Frame Go to the beginning of the composition
Work Area Start Go to the beginning of the work area
Previous Frame Go to previous frame
Play Backward Play the composition in backward direction
Pause Stop the playback
Play Forward Play the composition in forward direction
Next Frame Go to next frame
Work Area End Go to the end of the work area
Last Frame Go to the end of the composition
Segment Back End Go to the back end of the active segment
Segment Front End Go to the front end of the active segment
Go to Frame… Set the current frame to the frame with given number
Follow Toggle the Follow mode for the View
Auto Follow Define if the Follow mode is activated automatically each time a new segment starts processing
Loop Toggle the Loop mode for the playback
Frame Rate … fps Set the frame rate for the preview playback

Trackline menu

Item Description
Zoom In Double the time scale
Zoom Out Halve the time scale
Fit in Window Set the maximum time scale at which the whole composition fits the window
Begin Work Area Set the current frame as the work area start
End Work Area Set the current frame as the work area end
Set Segment Back Set the back end of the active segment to current position
Set Segment Front Set the front end of the active segment to current position

After Effects menu

Item Description
Switch to After Effects
Launch After Effects		 Launch, if needed, an AE application, and switch to it
Import Project Transfer active footage from AE to PatchMaker as an underlay, and start a new project with it
Import Live/Still Overlay Transfer active footage from AE to PatchMaker as an overlay (live or static)
Export Project Transfer the whole PatchMaker project to AE as a new composition
Export Transformations Export current transformations to AE and apply to the active layer

View menu

Item Description
Right Bar Toggles the visibility of the right panel bar
Trackline Toggles the visibility of the Trackline panel
Status Bar Toggles the visibility of the status bar

Help menu

Item Description
PatchMaker Help… Displays the starting page of the PatchMaker manual
About PatchMaker… Displays information about PatchMaker version, authors, and copyright.
 

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