timeline.md

Timeline

This is the timeline:

It shows the layers and frames of the active sprite. You can use the View > Timeline menu option or press the Tab key to show or hide it. It also appears automatically when you create a new Frame or Layer. (This behavior can be disable from Edit > Options > Timeline > Show timeline automatically.)

You can use Layer > New Layer menu (Shift+N) to create new layers or Frame > New Frame menu (Alt+N) to add frames.

Common Operations

• Layers:
  • Move layers
  • Copy layers
• Frames:
  • Move frames
  • Copy frames
• Cels:
  • Move cels
  • Copy cels
• Tags:
  • Loop section
  • Focus tag

Preferences

You can configure the Timeline pressing the button.

Some options:

1. Onion Skinning
2. First frame as 0 (or any other number)

Copy between documents

You can copy and paste layers, frames, or cels between different documents using Edit > Copy and Edit > Paste.

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SEE ALSO

Animation | Onion Skinning | Layers | Cel | Tags