Markers in Timeline

JCook · Post by **JCook** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 3:46 pm

I'd like Moho to have a tool for adding markers to the timeline. These markers should be able to have titles or comments added to them. For example you might have a walk cycle that has a bunch of keyframes and you could label one "Left foot down", and another one "Left foot up," or "Right foot down." The markers would show up in the timeline, maybe in a similar way as onion skins do, or possibly up in the time bar as a triangle or something. The titles could show up when you mouse over them, so that they wouldn't clutter up the timeline. Clicking once on a marker would set the cursor there, clicking twice would allow you to edit it. Dragging it up could delete it.

Also it would be good to have a navagation ability with them, a "Go to" menu option where you could set the name of the marker and the cursor would go to it. Maybe this would also allow you to set a frame or a time and the cursor would then go there.

Jack

jorgy · Post by **jorgy** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 6:52 pm

Wonderful idea! I second this request.

I find myself keeping notes on paper on what's happening in what frame, at what point in the soundtrack, and this would prevent this.

LittleFenris · Post by **LittleFenris** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 3:03 am

I'll third that request. I use markers all the time in Final Cut Pro to keep notes. It would be even more useful in something like Moho to keep track of whats going on.

Rai López · Post by **Rai López** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 6:40 pm

...UF! I can't believe that this Feature Request doesn't have my support yet!!! (NOR the mr. blaaa...

) Well, never is too late, so...

MY VOTES FOR IT!!!

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 12:36 am

I fiftht this request (to keep on the story)

Sorry i had some problems with my DVD-Drives and still have them...
So i couldnt check the new posts until now.

->MY SUPPORT<-

BA · Post by BA » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:44 pm

good idea - what would make this even more useful would be for the markers to show up in the timeline no matter what layer is selected.

One of the frustrations I have come across with the layer-specific timeline is that if I'm doing an animation that inlvovles many layers (pretty much all of them) I have to jump around a lot to keep track of where all the keyframes are.

A multi-layer marker would be a good first step in solving this... the next step being a timeline which somehow shows all layers at once....

LittleFenris · Post by **LittleFenris** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:48 pm

BA wrote:A multi-layer marker would be a good first step in solving this... the next step being a timeline which somehow shows all layers at once....

Adobe After Effects is a perfect example for that.

Rai López · Post by **Rai López** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:05 pm

BA wrote:the next step being a timeline which somehow shows all layers at once....

Yes... that is absolutely right, for a good and quick animation work, and for we can enjoy with it, is completely necessary can dispose of this Multy Layer keyframe information, if not for all layers at least for "several" of they... The problem is that with the actual construction of the Moho timeline seems difficult... but well, I trust in a good and imaginative LM solution for this IMPORTANT issue!

PD: In the past, LM said something about "Deeper" that sounds prety good

rylleman · Post by **rylleman** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:31 pm

Regarding the multilayer timeline. Why not have two which you can alter between, like the graph mode? One ordinary and one that lists all layers and shows a key marker for that one no matter what kind of keyframe it is, easy to keep track of where all your keys are.

And for markers as in timemarkers with notes, I would very much like to see such a feature.

mr. blaaa · Post by **mr. blaaa** » Thu Oct 06, 2005 1:21 am

rylleman wrote:Regarding the multilayer timeline. Why not have two which you can alter between, like the graph mode? One ordinary and one that lists all layers and shows a key marker for that one no matter what kind of keyframe it is, easy to keep track of where all your keys are.

Yepp this is a good idea.

XMan · Post by **XMan** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 4:47 pm

Yes, I definitely agree! A timeline that shows all the layers and bone keyframes at once would be very useful. Clicking through the layers to find/edit all the keyframes involved with a specific animation can currently be a chore.

Atum · Post by **Atum** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 3:51 pm

Yes , that would be tremendously helpfull.

sacrejacques · Post by **sacrejacques** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:20 pm

would be helpful, I often have to skim through my whole scene to see exactly what happens on which frames