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# Using the Timeline

Katana's timeline allows you to move from one frame to another and view keyframes over the frame range.

### Changing the Current Frame

To change frames in Katana, you can:

• Press the Right Arrow key to increment the current frame by Inc, or Left Arrow key to decrement.

• Click to increment the current frame by Inc, or to decrement.

• Click on the timeline at the relevant frame.

• Type the frame number in the field marked Cur.

• Press Ctrl+Right Arrow to jump to the next keyframe, or Ctrl+Left Arrow to jump back to the previous.

• Click to jump to the next keyframe, or to jump back to the previous.

### Panning the Frame Range

To pan the current frame range, you can:

• Drag the timeline with the middle mouse button, or

• Drag the scroll bar directly under the time range.

### Zooming the Frame Range

To zoom into/out of an area of the frame range, you can:

• Ctrl+drag to select an area of the frame range, then upon release of the mouse button the timeline zooms to that range.

• Scroll up with the mouse wheel over a frame to zoom in at that point, or scroll down to zoom out.

• Press the + key to zoom in, or the - key to zoom out.

• Click to set the range from inTime to outTime in the Project Settings tab.

• Press the Home key to set the range from inTime to outTime in the Project Settings tab.

• Press the F key to set the range to fit all keyframes on the timeline.

### Changing the Frame Range In and Out Points

To change the frame range in and out points, you can:

• Press the [ key to set the in point to the current frame, or press the ] key to set the out point.

• Type the in frame number into the In field on the timeline, or type the out frame number in the Out field.