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Just like you’d find in other parts of the program, at the bottom of the
modifier window you'll find several buttons. These buttons let you control
the preview and access additional options.

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Using the Play button, you can preview your slide to see what impact your
modifier has. The Options (gear icon) button opens a menu allowing you
to see additional value settings in the Waveform Preview. The Copy
button lets you copy modifiers between keyframes and settings.

The keyframe timeline also provides a convenient way to preview, by
clicking and dragging in the bottom of the keyframe area; you can ‘scrub'
the preview. Just below the Waveform Preview are checkboxes that allow
you to control what is shown on the graph.

We’ll go into much more detail on the Waveform Preview as you learn how
to configure and control your modifiers. For now, let’s move on to the
different kinds of actions you can create for a modifier.

Creating Actions for Modifiers

So far, we know that a modifier changes the value of the option it’s applied
to, and that within each modifier you can create multiple actions. These
actions are what make the modifier work, and create the effects you see.
You can combine actions together to get different results, but before you
do that, it’s best to understand exactly what you can configure for each
action. Let’s start with the types of actions you can choose.

Each action consists of two different things you can configure: type and
variable amount. The type of action determines how this action affects the
overall modifier. The amount is how much should be applied by the action.
For example, if you specify an action of ‘Add 5’, the type is ‘add’ and the
amount is 5.