Marking the Timeline
As you animate, the Timeline view will contain many layers and keyframes. You might want to identify them using coloured layers and scene markers.
Scene markers are visual indicators displayed at the top of the Timeline view in the frame counter area. You can use it to denote anything relevant to your work. You can indicate the frames you want to clean up, a change in action, an impact, or where you intend to apply an effect. You can also add a note to a scene marker, which is displayed when you hover over the scene marker.
There are two ways to add a scene marker. You can mark the current frame or make a frame range selection and mark the whole section.
How to mark the current frame
- In the Timeline view, make sure the red playhead is set on the frame you want to mark. Even if you right-click on a different frame, the scene marker will be created on the current frame on which the playhead is positioned.
- Right-click in the frame counter area and select Scene Markers > Mark Current Frame.
The Timeline Scene Marker dialog box opens. The Colour box displays a black colour swatch, or the colour of the last scene marker you created.
- Click the Colour swatch to open the Marker Colour dialog box and select a colour for the scene marker. Click OK.
- In the Note field, enter text to display as the tooltip and click OK.
In the Timeline view, the scene marker is displayed at the current frame.
- Hover over the scene marker to display its tooltip.
How to create a scene marker on a frame range
- In the frame counter area, select the frame range you want to mark.
- Right-click and select Create Scene Marker.
The Timeline Scene Marker dialog box opens. The Colour box displays a black colour swatch, or the colour of the last scene marker you created.
- Click the Colour swatch to open the Marker Colour dialog box and select a colour for the scene marker. Click OK.
- In the Note field, enter text to display as the tooltip and click OK.
In the Timeline view, the scene marker is displayed over the selected frame counters.
- Hover over the scene marker to display its tooltip.
How to modify a layer's colour
- Click the Change Track Colour
button of a layer.
The Select Colour dialog box opens.
- Select a colour for the layer. You can modify the colour for any type of layer, such as group, peg, drawing and effects.
