Check the current frame bar location

[animator SungWon]

In the Moho animation timeline, is there a shortcut key to display at once where the current timeline bar is located?

The timeline bar design is too thin to easily recognize the current frame position.

Is there a function to position the current frame bar in the center of the timeline through shortcut keys?

Or can you recommend some easy tips for checking the timeline bar?

[slowtiger]

At the bottom of the project window, you should see the current fame number right next to the playback controls.

[Greenlaw]

Additional tips:

- When I lose sight of the Timeline slider, I tap the R/L arrows, and the motion in the timeline draws my eyes to it.
- Another trick is to set temporary keyframes by pressing Ctrl-F. This will drop keys along the slider's position. Once you see it, use Undo to remove the keys.
- If the UI colors are not ideal for you, you can change it to something brighter or with more contrast in Preferences>Appearance. What you want to adjust is called Highlights, and setting it to a rich gold color (old Moho style) or bright red might help. (I wish the UI was more customizable, but we can at least do this much.)

Hope this helps.

[SimplSam]

This subject has come up before, and I too occasionally loose visibility of the ruler on a busy timeline - and typically have to resort to the numerical display in order to find it again.

The other thing you can do is turn off the Frame Interval Display (set to 0 - if you don't need it) - this helps to declutter the timeline.

[animator SungWon]

Thanks for the good advice, everyone.
I think the neatest way is to simply move the frame and check the position of the frame bar.

Also, I think the way to turn off the display of frame intervals is a great idea. It's so cool.

thank you!!

[Greenlaw]

Yeah, the default setting is a bit busy.

I prefer to set mine to 6 with the Start Frame set to 0. This places the lines on every 6th frame, which is useful when you animate at 24 fps...and still less clutter.



I'll only change these settings when I have a specific need to.