Timeline

The Timeline editor is used to jump to different frames, manipulate keyframes, and control animation playback.

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The Timeline.

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The X axis represents time, with the numbers 0/50/100/… being frame numbers. The blue line is the Playhead indicating the current frame, and the diamond shapes are Keyframes, points where you specified a certain value for a certain property at a certain time.

Adjusting the View

Panning is done by dragging MMB.

Zooming is done by dragging Ctrl-MMB, rolling the mouse Wheel, or pressing NumpadMinus/NumpadPlus.

You can also use the scrollbars located at the bottom and the right of the editor.

Playhead

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Playhead.

The Playhead is the blue vertical line showing the current frame number.

It can be moved to a new position by clicking or dragging LMB in the scrubbing area at the top or by click and drag Shift-RMB anywhere in the timeline.

While dragging it can snap to elements of the editor in which it is dragged. - Seconds - Frames - Markers - Strips - Keys

It is only possible to snap to elements that are visible in the editor in which the playhead is dragged. For example having «Strips» enabled but dragging in the Graph Editor will do nothing. Snapping can be toggled during scrubbing by holding down Ctrl.

Snapping to seconds or frames can have a custom increment for example snapping to every third frame. This is always relative to the first frame of the scene and ignores the preview range. In contrast to the other snapping options, seconds and frames will always snap to the closest position, regardless of the snap distance set. When mixing options, the system will first try to snap to elements that are snapped by distance. Only if no element is close enough will it snap to seconds or frames.

You can also move it in single-frame increments by pressing Left or Right or Alt-Wheel. To jump to the beginning or end frame (of the ends of the preview range if that is active) press Shift-Left or Shift-Right.

Frame Range

The Frame Range determines the length of the scene’s animation. By default, it’s set to start at frame 1 and end at frame 250. You can change this using the Start/End inputs in the Timeline header, or in the Output Properties.

Fotogrammi Chiave (keyframes)

By default, the timeline only shows keyframes for selected items. You can make it show all keyframes by unchecking View ‣ Only Show Selected.

You can click a keyframe to select it (and deselect all others), or click it while holding Shift to add it to the selection (or remove it if it was already selected). You can also drag a box to select multiple keyframes in one go.

To move the selected keyframes, simply drag one of them. Alternatively, you can press G, move the mouse, and click LMB to confirm (or RMB to cancel). You can also press S to scale the keyframes in relation to the Playhead.

Markers

See the Markers page for more information.