Timeline, Features of timeline – Compix Persona User Manual

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Document No: 2.3.004 Revision: 2.0 Updated: 3/21/2012

The Timeline plays the role of controlling an object’s motion and time in terms of animation. To create an animation, click the
button and move the fram pointer. All the elements animatedin the Edit Window are displayed with a . The Timeline
controls these Keys and the values of each axis, which creates a more precise animation.

Timeline

Features of Timeline

Timeline

Expansion

Animation

Edit Mode

Frame Pointer

Time Ruler

Track

Hierarchical

Structure

Change Layer

Order

View Graph

Expand/Shrink Timeline

Select/Add/

Delete Keys

Track Align

Current Frame

Key

Range Track
Range Bar

View/Hide Object

Lock/Unlock Object

Hierarchical Structure

The Hierarchical Structure is a term used in 3D graphics software such as Autodesk 3DS
Max. It displays the hierarchy of animation elements that belong to a CG object, consisting
of 6 types of structures. If you click or , all of the following subordinate structures
are minimized or expanded respectively.

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