Use Time Slider Bookmarks to flag events on the Time Slider, drawing attention to moments in time for animation or layout, instead of individual keys or animation. Bookmarks are useful in a many different workflows when you work with events in time.
Time Slider Bookmarks consist of a Start and End frame (which can be as small as single frame), a name, and color.
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Create a bookmark | Alt (Option) + T or click the Bookmark icon on the Range Slider to open the Create Bookmarks window. |
Quick create bookmark | Alt (Option) + Shift + T adds an unnamed bookmark with a random color to the selected frames without opening the Create Bookmarks window. |
Edit a bookmark | Right-click the Time Slider Bookmark icon
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Bookmark Manager where you can see all the bookmarks in the scene. Select the Bookmark you want to change from the list, and
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Update with selection |
To update the selected Time Slider Bookmark with the new Time Slider selection
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Delete a bookmark |
To delete a Time Slider bookmark
To remove all Time Slider Bookmarks from the scene
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Frame Bookmark |
To frame a bookmark on the Time Slider
To frame all Time Slider Bookmarks in the scene
To frame the Time Slider Bookmark before or after the selected Bookmark
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Unframe Bookmark | Click the Frame All Bookmarks icon in the Bookmark Manager toolbar (at the top of the window). |
Move Bookmark | Ctrl + drag a bookmark to reposition it on the Time Slider. |
Scale Bookmark |
Ctrl + drag the edges of the bookmark to resize it. |
Step through Bookmarks | Press ' (apostrophe) to step forward through the Bookmark and press ; (semicolon) to step backward. |
Select frames associated with a Bookmark |
Ctrl + double-click a bookmark to it and any frames associated with it.
While pressing Ctrl, you can move or scale the bookmark and the associated frames. If you scale the frames, the bookmark resizes to include them. |
Show/Hide Bookmark |
To show/Hide Time Slider Bookmarks
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Edit all at once | Right-click the Time Slider, or the Bookmark icon to open the Bookmark Manager. Use the icons Bookmark Manager toolbar, at the top of the window, to edit multiple Bookmarks at the same time. |
Show Bookmark name and time range | Hover the cursor over the Time Slider Bookmark to see the name and range.
Note: If the name and range do not appear, check that Display Toolclips is on in the
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Select frames on the Time Slider. | Shift + drag across the Time Slider to select frames. |