Animation bar

The animation bar at the bottom of the screen contains the time slider and provides quick access to 

controls that you often use while working with animations.

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The button on the far left side hides or shows the animation bar. You can also click 

Animation Bar on the Options menu.

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The time slider sets the current frame. You can also enter the current frame directly in the 

input box to the right of the time slider. To the right of that input box, the time between the 

first frame of the animation and the current frame is shown, in hours, minutes, seconds, and 

1/100 seconds.

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Above the time slider, blue and yellow key icons indicate where 

keys

 have been inserted. A 

key icon turns yellow when it is at the current frame. Click on a key icon to jump to that key s 

frame.

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The Animate button turns 

Animate mode

 on or off.

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The Previous Key and Next Key buttons jump to the first key before or after the current 

frame.

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The Play button starts or stops real time 

playback

 of the animation.

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The Time Settings button opens the 

Time Settings

 dialog where you can scale the animation 

and adjust its length.

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The Timeline button activates the 

Timeline

 tool window where you can edit and delete 

animation keys, and adjust 

interpolation curves

.

Notes

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Although the position of keys are shown above the time slider, you cannot directly edit keys 

from there. Use the 

Timeline

 tool window instead.

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Most commands are also available on the Animation menu with 

keyboard shortcuts

.

Next: 

Playing animations

See Also

Tutorial: Working with animations

Animation

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