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Object List Use this to select an active object to modify.
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Slider Drag this to move to any frame in the animation, or click Move to Next/
Previous Frame.
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Jump to Next/Previous Key Frame Click these buttons to move from one key
frame to the next, or directly select a key frame by clicking it.
Here is a simplified diagram of the default timeline for an object’s color. It contains 10 frames
and always has a key frame at frame 1 of the animation. At this key frame, the object is set to be
red. When you preview the animation, the object remains red in all frames.
In the next diagram, two key frames have been added to the color timeline. At key frame 1, the
object is red, at key frame 5 it is blue, and at key frame 10 the object is green. When previewing
the animation, you see the object’s color start out at red, gradually transform to blue and finally
to green.
Because each property has its own timeline, you can control multiple timelines in your animation,
as shown in the following illustration. Not only can you set the timing within each timeline, but
you can also control the timing of events between the many timelines by coordinating their key
frames, as if you were a director telling your various actors what to do and when to do it. After
you familiarize yourself with timelines and key frames, you can also work with multiple objects
that have multiple key frames.
Frame 1
Frame 5
Frame 10
Red
Blue
Green
Frame 1
(Frame 10)
Red
Frame 1
Frame 10
Frame 30
Frame 20
Start at far
left
Move to far right
Move to center
Red
Red
Green
No rotation
No rotation
Rotate 360º
Position
Orientation
Color
