Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 261)

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Using the Time View
The Time View provides a centralized representation of
the timing for each image used in a script. This chapter
covers how to navigate this interface, and how to make
adjustments to the timing parameters of each image.
About the Time View
While the Node View allows you to arrange and adjust the nodes that comprise your
composite, the Time View lets you view and arrange the timing of your nodes.
Specifically, the Time View displays all image nodes, as well as nodes with more than
one input, that appear in your node tree.
In the Time View, nodes are displayed as horizontal bars. You can select them and load
them into the Viewer or Parameters tab, just as you can in the Node View. In addition,
you can also set In and Out points for your clips, as well as shift a clip’s start and end
frames to change its duration. Finally, the Time View allows you to change the looping
behavior of clips in order to extend their duration.
To display the Time View, click the Time View tab (on the right side of the Tool tabs).
The Time View appears, displaying each node stacked over a second Time Bar that
mirrors the Time Bar found at the bottom of the Shake interface.