This page provides information about the Animation tab and its Animation Timeline in Chaos Envision.
Overview
Access the Animation Timeline
The Animation Timeline is accessible from the Animation (
) tab in the Bottom dock panel.The Animation Timeline has a compressed and expanded view. The compressed view shows a limited set of options, while the expanded view shows the complete set of options:
Compressed
Expanded
Actions in the Animation Timeline
Button | Description |
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Volume control for the music track. | |
Not implemented yet. | |
Jump to the first frame in the animation timeline. | |
Jump to the previous frame in the animation timeline. | |
Play the animation. | |
Pause the animation. | |
Jump to the next frame in the animation timeline. | |
Jump to the last frame in the animation timeline. | |
Toggle the visibility of the cameras, environment variation or scene variation tracks. Invisible tracks are marked with the indicator. | |
Open the Keyframe settings. See the Keyframe Settings section for more details. | |
Keyframe indicator. You can drag a keyframe left or right. Right click on a keyframe to open a menu with additional options. | |
Isolate the selected clip. This option is also available when you right-click on the camera clip. | |
Delete the selected clip. This option is also available when you right-click on the camera clip. | |
Playhead indicating the current time and frame. To move the playhead, either drag it along the timeline or click on a specific frame to position it directly. | |
Add Audio File to the music track. The supported audio file formats are .flac, .mp3, .oga, .ogg, .opus, .raw, and .wav. |
Length – Shows the total length of the animation in the format Hours:Minutes:Seconds+Frames. Clicking on a frame in the length timeline moves the playhead to the selected frame.
Variation – A track for adding scene variations. You can control the length and interpolation of the scene variations in the animation. An indicator for transition (
) appears in the Variations tab when you drag the playhead over a transition element in the variations track.Environment – A track for adding environment variations. You can control the length and interpolation of the environment variations in the animation. An indicator for transition (
) appears in the Environment left-hand tab when you drag the playhead over a transition element in the variations track.Camera – A camera track for adding camera views. You can control the length of the camera clips, and add keyframes.
Sound – A sound track for adding audio files. You can control the length and volume of the sound files, as well as their fade in and out effect.
Keyframe Settings
Keyframe Menu
Clip Menu
Sound Menu
Variation Interpolation Menu
Environment Interpolation Menu
Toggle Timeline Preview Mode
The Toggle timeline preview mode (
) button forces the viewport to show the state of the scene at the current playhead position in the timeline, including the camera position, the active scene and environment variations, or any transition between the variations. This is useful when making animations with variations to toggle a preview between the desired variation and the resulting transition.When the button is blue, the viewport displays the scene state at the current playhead time. When the button is gray, the viewport displays the currently selected variation or camera position, etc.