Using the Timeline

Katana’s timeline allows you to move from one frame to another and view keyframes over the frame range.

Changing the Current Frame

To change frames in Katana, you can:

• Press the Right Arrow key to increment the current frame by Inc, or Left Arrow key to decrement.

• Click to increment the current frame by Inc, or to decrement.

• Click on the timeline at the relevant frame.

• Type the frame number in the field marked Cur.

• Press Ctrl+Right Arrow to jump to the next keyframe, or Ctrl+Left Arrow to jump back to the previous.

• Click to jump to the next keyframe, or to jump back to the previous.

Panning the Frame Range

To pan the current frame range, you can:

• Drag the timeline with the middle mouse button, or

• Drag the scroll bar directly under the time range.

Zooming the Frame Range

To zoom into/out of an area of the frame range, you can:

• Ctrl+drag to select an area of the frame range, then upon release of the mouse button the timeline zooms to that range.

• Scroll up with the mouse wheel over a frame to zoom in at that point, or scroll down to zoom out.

• Press the + key to zoom in, or the - key to zoom out.

• Click to set the range from inTime to outTime in the Project Settings tab.

• Press the Home key to set the range from inTime to outTime in the Project Settings tab.

• Press the F key to set the range to fit all keyframes on the timeline.

Changing the Frame Range In and Out Points

To change the frame range in and out points, you can:

• Press the [ key to set the in point to the current frame, or press the ] key to set the out point.

• Type the in frame number into the In field on the timeline, or type the out frame number in the Out field.