Animation Player¶
The menu will play back the rendered animation in a new window.
You can also drop images or movie files in a running animation player. It will then restart the player with the new data.
Truco
An external player can also be used instead of the one included in Blender. To do this, select it in the Preferences.
Shortcuts¶
The following table shows the available hotkeys for the animation player.
Playback
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Start/Pause: | Spacebar |
| Start playback (when paused): | Return |
| Quit: | Esc |
Timeline
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Scrub in time: | LMB |
| Step back one frame: | Left |
| Step forward one frame: | Right |
| Step back 10 frames: | Down |
| Step forward 10 frames: | Up |
| Manual frame stepping: | NumpadPeriod |
Playback Options
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Backward playback: | Shift-Down |
| Forward playback | Shift-Up |
| Slow down playback: | Minus |
| Speed up playback: | Plus |
| Toggle looping: | Numpad0 |
| Toggle frame skipping: | A |
| Toggle ping-pong: | P |
Display
| Action | Hotkey |
|---|---|
| Toggle Playhead (Indicator): | I |
| Flip image on the X axis: | F |
| Flip image on the Y axis: | Shift-F |
| Hold to show frame numbers: | Shift |
| Zoom in: | Ctrl-Plus |
| Zoom out: | Ctrl-Minus |
Frame rate
- 60 fps Numpad1
- 50 fps Numpad2
- 30 fps Numpad3
- 25 fps Numpad4
- 24 fps Shift-Numpad4
- 20 fps Numpad5
- 15 fps Numpad6
- 12 fps Numpad7
- 10 fps Numpad8
- 6 fps Numpad9
- 5 fps NumpadSlash