| Note: You need Ultra Fractal Extended Edition to work with animations. |
The following keyboard shortcuts are used in fractal windows to create and edit animations:
| Windows | Mac | Menu command | Description |
| F3 | F3 | Animation|Animate | Enables or disables Animate mode. |
| Ctrl+Space | Cmd+Space | Animation|Play | Starts or stops animation playback. |
| Shift+Ctrl+< | Shift+Cmd+< | Animation|Previous Key | Jumps to the first key to the left of the current frame. |
| Shift+Ctrl+> | Shift+Cmd+> | Animation|Next Key | Jumps to the first key to the right of the current frame. |
| Ctrl+< | Cmd+< | Animation|Previous Frame | Moves to the previous frame. |
| Ctrl+> | Cmd+> | Animation|Next Frame | Moves to the next frame. |
| Ctrl+T | Cmd+T | Animation|Timeline | Opens the Timeline tool window. This shortcut also works in gradient editors. |
The following keyboard shortcuts work in the Timeline tool window:
| Windows | Mac | Description |
| Cursor up/down | Cursor up/down | Selects the first animated range above or below the current selection. |
| Cursor left/right | Cursor left/right | Selects the first animation key to the left or to the right of the current selection. |
| Ctrl+Cursor left/right | Cmd+Cursor left/right | Moves the current selection to the left or right. |
| Ins | Ins | Toggles Insert mode. In Insert mode, click inside the timeline view to insert a new animation key. |
| Del | Del | Deletes the current selection. |
| Ctrl+T | Cmd+T | Closes the Timeline tool window. This shortcut works as a toggle. |
Next: Keyboard shortcuts for gradient editors
See Also
Keyboard shortcuts for fractal windows
Animation
Fractal windows