Timeline Editor

Timeline animation editor

When you select an empty Timeline , you will see an empty timeline editor:

To start animating a layer or a parameter, drag and drop it from the Element Tree or Parameters Editor editor into the timeline editor.

Dragging and dropping a parameter will create a track in the timeline with its values.

Dragging and dropping a full Layer or Modifier will create an Track Block :

Learn more about how to animate content by reading the user guide Animate content .

The timeline editor has three main components: A the toolbar, B the Element Tree (or animation tree), and C the tracks/curves view.

The different button are

Toggle between Track View and Curve View
Toggle the swapping
Fit to the screen
Option to Follow the cursor when the timeline is playing
A trigger to reduce the track height
The track view mode that allow to show more or less parameter of the element tree

Here are some shortcuts:

Ctrl+Click to create an Track Block
Alt+Click to automatically create a Fade in / Fade out at the beginning/end of an Track Block

Here are the shortcuts to edit timelines:

J / K : Previous / next key
I / O : Set In and Out
Ctrl + I / O : Clear In and Out
Left / Right arrow : Next/previous frame
Ctrl + Left / Right arrow : Next/previous second
Shift + Left / Right arrow : Next/previous 5 seconds
Ctrl + Shift + Left / Right arrow : Next/previous minute
A + Click : Select all after
A + Shift + Click : Select all before
Ctrl + Click : Create a key
Alt + Click : Change key interpolation
Ctrl + K : Create key at current time
Ctrl+C / Ctrl+V : Copy / Paste
Ctrl+D : Duplicate keys at the end of the selection (careful with key overlap)
Ctrl+A : Select all keys
Shift + move (single key) : Snap key on grid or other keys
Shift + move (multiple selection) : Scale group of keys
U : Toggle view between Curves / Track
F : Focus view on selection / keys

These shortcuts are the same as those in the Function Editor .