.. _bpy.ops.render.play-rendered-anim:
.. _render-output-animation_player:

.. |numsp| unicode:: U+2007

****************
Animation Player
****************

The :menuselection:`Topbar --> Render --> View Animation`
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.

.. tip::

   An external player can also be used instead of the one included in Blender.
   To do this, select it in the :doc:`Preferences </editors/preferences/file_paths>`.


Shortcuts
=========

The following table shows the available hotkeys for the animation player.


.. rubric:: Playback

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Action
     - Hotkey
   * - Start/Pause:
     - :kbd:`Spacebar`
   * - Start playback (when paused):
     - :kbd:`Return`
   * - Quit:
     - :kbd:`Esc`


.. rubric:: Timeline

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Action
     - Hotkey
   * - Scrub in time:
     - :kbd:`LMB`
   * - Step back one frame:
     - :kbd:`Left`
   * - Step forward one frame:
     - :kbd:`Right`
   * - Step back 10 frames:
     - :kbd:`Down`
   * - Step forward 10 frames:
     - :kbd:`Up`
   * - Manual frame stepping:
     - :kbd:`NumpadPeriod`


.. rubric:: Playback Options

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Action
     - Hotkey
   * - Backward playback:
     - :kbd:`Shift-Down`
   * - Forward playback
     - :kbd:`Shift-Up`
   * - Slow down playback:
     - :kbd:`NumpadMinus`
   * - Speed up playback:
     - :kbd:`NumpadPlus`
   * - Toggle looping:
     - :kbd:`Numpad0`
   * - Toggle frame skipping:
     - :kbd:`A`
   * - Toggle ping-pong:
     - :kbd:`P`


.. rubric:: Display

.. list-table::
   :header-rows: 1

   * - Action
     - Hotkey
   * - Toggle Playhead (Indicator):
     - :kbd:`I`
   * - Flip image on the X axis:
     - :kbd:`F`
   * - Flip image on the Y axis:
     - :kbd:`Shift-F`
   * - Hold to show frame numbers:
     - :kbd:`Shift`
   * - Zoom in:
     - :kbd:`Ctrl-NumpadPlus`
   * - Zoom out:
     - :kbd:`Ctrl-NumpadMinus`


.. rubric:: Frame rate

- 60 fps :kbd:`Numpad1`
- 50 fps :kbd:`Numpad2`
- 30 fps :kbd:`Numpad3`
- 25 fps :kbd:`Numpad4`
- 24 fps :kbd:`Shift-Numpad4`
- 20 fps :kbd:`Numpad5`
- 15 fps :kbd:`Numpad6`
- 12 fps :kbd:`Numpad7`
- 10 fps :kbd:`Numpad8`
- |numsp|\ 6 fps :kbd:`Numpad9`
- |numsp|\ 5 fps :kbd:`NumpadSlash`