Animation bookmarks

Overview ¶

Bookmarks are markers on a single frame or range of frames on the playbar and animation editor timelines that help to organize and identify the different parts of your animation at a glance. You can create, edit, and view bookmarks on the playbar, in the bookmark editor, and in the animation editor.

Playbar ¶

See playbar for information on creating, editing and viewing bookmarks on the playbar.

Bookmark editor ¶

To...	Do this
Open a Bookmark Editor window	Choose Windows ▸ Bookmark Editor. or Click New Tab at the top of a pane and choose New Pane Tab Type ▸ Animation ▸ Bookmark Editor. or click a bookmark on the playbar and choose Bookmark Editor.
Create a new bookmark	Click at the bottom left corner of the bookmark editor. The bookmark will be created at the current time. By default, the Start frame is set to the current frame on the timeline, and the End frame is set to one second after the Start frame. For example, if the current frame on the timeline is `80` and FPS = `24`, then by default, Start = `80` and End = `104`.
Select multiple bookmarks	drag up or down the bookmark names to select multiple bookmarks. Hold `CTRL` and select multiple bookmarks. Hold `SHIFT` to select multiple adjacent bookmarks.
Change the bookmark name	Double-click on the bookmark name, enter a new name, and click `ENTER`.
Sort bookmarks	Click the column title to sort by the field value.
Adjust the start frame, end frame and bookmark frame range	Click the Start, Length or End values, enter a new value, and click `ENTER`. or drag the Start, Length and End values left or right. If you are sorting the rows by Start, Length or End, the bookmark rows will be sorted automatically as you change these field values.
Display/hide bookmarks	If the bookmark is visible, will be displayed. If the bookmark is hidden, will be displayed. To toggle the display, click /. You can set the display for multiple bookmarks by: dragging up or down the visibility column to set the display for adjacent bookmarks. Selecting multiple bookmarks and toggling the display.
Delete a bookmark	Select the bookmark and click at the bottom left corner of the bookmark editor.
Jump to the start or end frame of a bookmark	Click to set the current frame to the start frame of the bookmark. Click to set the current frame to the end frame of the bookmark.
Set the playback range to a bookmark frame range	Click to set the playback range to the bookmark frame range. Click again to jump back out to the previous frame range. This is the same functionality as double-clicking a bookmark on the playbar.
Change a bookmark color	Click the color chip beside the bookmark name to open a color palette. `SHIFT` click the color chip to bring up the full color editor. You can set the color of multiple bookmark by selecting multiple bookmarks, and then choosing the color by clicking the color chip.