The timeline

Each layer in a movie must have a timeline and every timeline is the same length. The length can be changed from the 'Settings' tab. The timeline consists of a number of frames and the rate the frames are shown (frames per second) can be changed from movie to movie from the 'settings' tab. The default is 10 frames a second but this can go as low as one frame a second.

Movie duration

The length of the timeline can be varied. It can be lengthened or shortened as required. Shortening will loose any events that cannot fit onto the shortened length.

Selecting a timeline

If an event position is selected then the left hand movie display window will display the movie appearance at that time. The event position can be changed with the arrows keys as well as by clicking the mouse.

If the left hand name portion of the timeline is clicked this will not only select the timeline but also in the case of non-visible layers, popup a dialog to allow parameters for that layer to be changed.

The timeline popup menu

Right clicking the mouse on a specific event will cause the timeline popup menu to appear. This allows a number of useful operations to be performed on events in particular the ability to transfer an event or it's properties to another event or location.