Identifying Frames with Lingo

If you are writing scripts, use these Lingo terms to refer to frames in a movie:

• The function the frame refers to the current frame.
• The frame number or the frame marker label refers to a specific frame. For example, frame 60 indicates frame 60.
• The keyword loop refers to the marker at the beginning of the current segment. If the current frame has a marker, loop refers to the current frame; if not, loop refers to the first marker before the current frame.
• The word next or previous refers to the next marker or the marker before the current scene, respectively.
• The term the frame followed by a minus or plus sign and the number of frames before or after the current frame refers to a frame that's a specific number of frames before or after the current frame. For example, the frame - 20 refers to the frame 20 frames before the current frame.
• The function marker() with the number of markers used as the parameter refers to the marker that's a specific number of markers before or after the current frame. For example, marker(-1) gives the previous marker. If the frame is marked, marker(0) gives the current frame; if not, marker(0) gives the name of the previous marker.
• The word movie followed by the movie name refers to the beginning of another movie. For example,

  movie "Navigation"

  refers to the beginning of the Navigation movie.

• The word frame plus a frame identifier, the word of, the word movie, and the movie name refers to a specific frame in another movie; for example,

  frame 15 of movie "Navigation"

  refers to frame 15 of the Navigation movie.