Maya’s controls for developing the timing of animations include the Time Slider, Range Slider, Playback Controls and Playback Options. You can also quickly access and edit animation preferences from the Playback options area.
Between the Range Slider and the Playback Options are the Current Character and Current Animation Layer menus which show any Character sets and Animation layers used in the scene. See Set the current character set and Animation Layers for more information.
Time Slider
The Time Slider controls the playback range, keys, and breakdowns within the playback range. The blue stripe along the bottom of the Time Slider is the Cached Playback status line, , and the coloured stripes along the top are Time Slider Bookmarks.
For more information, see Time Slider.
Playback Controls
The Playback Controls are buttons for playing and stepping through your animation. The playback range is displayed in the Time Slider.
For more information, see Playback Controls.
Range Slider
The Range Slider controls the playback range reflected in the Time Slider.
For more about how to resize the playback range with the Range Slider, see Range Slider.
Playback Options
A. Framerate menu B. Loop C. Cached Playback D. Volume E. Auto Key F. Animation Preferences
For more information on each of these settings, see Playback Options.