Keyboard shortcuts for animations

Note: You need Ultra Fractal 

Animation Edition

 to work with animations.

The following keyboard shortcuts are used in fractal windows to create and edit animations:

Shortcut

Menu command

Description

F3

Animation|Animate

Enables or disables 

Animate mode

.

Ctrl+Space

Animation|Play

Starts or stops animation 

playback

.

Jumps to the first key to the left of the current 

Shift+Ctrl+<

Animation|Previous Key

frame.

Jumps to the first key to the right of the current 

Shift+Ctrl+>

Animation|Next Key

frame.

Ctrl+<

Animation|Previous Frame

Moves to the previous frame.

Ctrl+>

Animation|Next Frame

Moves to the next frame.

Opens the 

Timeline

 tool window. This shortcut 

Ctrl+T

Animation|Timeline

also works in gradient editors.

The following keyboard shortcuts work in the Timeline tool window:

Shortcut

Description

Cursor up/down

Selects the first animated range above or below the current selection.

Selects the first animation key to the left or to the right of the current 

Cursor left/right

selection. 

Ctrl+Cursor 

Moves the current selection to the left or right.

left/right

Toggles Insert mode. In Insert mode, click inside the timeline view to insert a 

Ins

new animation key.

Del

Deletes the current selection.

Ctrl+T

Closes the Timeline tool window. This shortcut works as a toggle.

Next: 

Keyboard shortcuts for gradient editors

See Also

Keyboard shortcuts for fractal windows

Animation

Fractal windows

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