# Previewing a Scene Interactively

At any point in the development of your animation, you can see a preview of the current scene using Interactive Playback. During Interactive Playback, you can change the content that is playing back. For example, you can add drawings and elements to the playback selection.

In Interactive Playback, the animation appears in the View windows. Interactive Playback will not play your animation in real-time. As a result, if you enable sound playback, the sound may not play in sync with your animation.

To play back your animation using Interactive Playback:

1. Select the drawings/elements you want to play back.

- Use the Show/Hide buttons in the Exposure Sheet window and Timeline window to display the elements you want to preview.
- In the Exposure Sheet window, drag your mouse pointer through the cells you want to preview.
- In the Timeline window, change the playback range to select the frames you want to preview.

If you select nothing, the entire contents of the scene plays back.

2. If you want to play sound, select Play > Turn Sound Playback On. Because the scene may not play back in real-time, the sound may not be synced to your animation.

3. Press the Play toolbar button.

All of the selected content plays in sequential order in the View windows until the frame marker reaches the last frame of the scene or until you click the Stop button.

4. If you want the playback to repeat, click the Loop toolbar button before you click the Play button.

See Also
Setting the Playback Range in the Timeline
Real-Time Playback
Exporting Your Movie