You can change the color and size of various elements of the Time Slider to suit your own working style. The settings are in the Windows > Settings/Preferences > Preferences.
Key ticks
Key Ticks are red (by default) marks in the Time Slider that represent the keys you set for the selected object. Breakdowns are a special type of key displayed as green marks in the Time Slider. See Breakdowns.
To set the thickness of your keyframes in the Time Slider
- Select Windows > Settings/Preferences > Preferences.
The Preferences window appears.
- In the Time Slider section, set the Key Tick Size preference setting.
Key thickness is measured in pixels. The minimum key thickness is 1 pixel and the maximum is 63 pixels.
To set the color of a curve’s keyframes in the Time Slider
- In the Graph Editor graph view, select a curve.
- In the Graph Editor menu bar, select .
The spreadsheet for the selected animation curve appears in the Attribute Editor.
- Choose a Curve Color and turn on Use Curve Color.
All the curve’s keyframes in the Time Slider are now the Curve Color you selected.
Time Slider Colors
You can customize the color settings for the Time Slider to increase visibility, especially for larger timelines.
To open the color settings for the Time Slider
- Select .
- In the Color Settings window, expand the Animation heading.
To change the color of the Current Time Indicator
To change the color of the Time Slider foreground or background
Change the Time Slider Foreground and Time Slider Background settings.