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title: "Play Mode"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/10642.html"
section_path: "Animate > Animate Menu > Play Mode"
description: "Activating this option will play only the defined preview range of the animation instead of playing through the entire length of the scene."
---

# Play Mode

Preview Range

Activating this option will play only the defined preview range of the animation instead of playing through the entire length of the scene.

# Loop

Simple

The animation will play through once.

Cycle

The animation will cycle endlessly until stopped.

Ping-Pong

The animation will play forward and backward between start and end frames until stopped.