9.5.2

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TIMELINE 977
Play Mode
Use the items in this submenu to choose the playback mode for the animation.
Preview Range
Restricts the playback to the Timeline’s preview range (the frames between the two green markers).
Simple
The animation is played once only.
Cycle
As soon as the end of the animation is reached, the animation is played from the start.
Ping-Pong
The animation is played forwards and then backwards.
Working in the Timeline
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Drag-and-drop
By default, the Timeline displays all of the objects in the active scene (look up Automatic Mode’ in the
index for more details). If you switch to Manual mode by clicking the lock icon in the top right corner
of the Timeline, you can choose which objects are displayed. Simply drag the desired objects from the
Object manager and drop them into the Timeline. If you hold down the Shift key at the same time,
the children of these objects will also be displayed in the Timeline.