Timeline Addon
Version:
2.0.8-42
Date Updated:
02/12/2010 
Timeline Addon 2.0.8-42
Adds more functionality to the 3ds Max timeline. You can:
- adjust timeline start, end, slider and length
- navigate through frames and keys
- move, select, align, reverse keys
- set timeline bookmarks
- show info about ram and cpu usage
Additional Info:
Demovideos on Vimeo:
Timeline Addon 1.0.0-22
Timeline Addon 2.0.0-37
Version Requirement:
3ds Max 9 SP2 or higher (I think there will be no Max 8 version, because there are not enough requests) 
Comments
Andreas, is it possible to
Andreas, is it possible to add a button for setting playback speed? Double Speed, Realtime, 1/2 speed, 1/4 speed etc...I think it would be a very useful "little" feature...just a little Button or Button Rollout.
currently trying to get the
currently trying to get the reverse function also to work for bipeds, its damn tricky, but i hope i'll make it :D
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in version 2.0.6-42 you
in version 2.0.6-42 you should choose the "dark" ui scheme in the settings, you currently using the "light" scheme. in the next version of TLA its up to the user how the buttons will look, you can manipulate the colors in the settings as shown here: http://andreasmeissner.net/timelineaddon/preview/
thanks 4 your feedback!
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Hi Andreas, its me again
Hi Andreas,
its me again :)
I know, its not important but if you want to give your wonderful script a little more visual appereance, you could make the Icon Backgrounds less contrastful.
Here is a actual screenshot, I mean the white Boxes behind the Icons:
http://img5.imagebanana.com/view/hh72t0vf/Untitled2.jpg
I would make every Background Boxes like the first Background Box behind the "TLA" Icon: GRAY...than you have less contrast + every Box look similiar...that would give your great script a good visual touch because the white boxes look really ugly if using black UI Theme.
Just my 2 Cents...hope this Idea helps to improve your already awesome script.
PS: The New Bookmark List is a awesome Idea...It does not waste space like the old bookmark time line + its user friendly. Keep up your good work!
Best Regards.
@Ankebut: thats not possible
@Ankebut: thats not possible via scripting, but of course you can expand the command panel.
currently I got my hands on a custom updater for TLA that checks, downloads, extracts and installs the latest version of TLA.
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That looks very good! Liked
That looks very good! Liked the new Icons etc...
I hope you give us a ETA for the final release of your new build.
thanks for your efforts.
Best Regards.
EDIT: Looking at the screenshot, I see that the compressed TLA bar also takes space in the right side although there is nothing...can you make it so that there would be a free space for other bars? Big Thx.
bookmarks group R.I.P. ... I
bookmarks group R.I.P.
...
I compressed the interface as I said and implemented the bookmarks within the timeline group. I think because bookmarks now are more accessable and user-friendly, artists will use them more than in the previous version.
wait a sec .. did I hear "sneak preview"?
http://andreasmeissner.net/timelineaddon/preview/
as you can see 3700 lines of code, and still not finished :D
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well .. I could name the
well .. I could name the next version "Timeline Addon 3" because its really .. a complete recoding. and I got a lot of work to do, so it will take a while :\
but its really cool to see that TLA has found its way to someones everyday-tools, I think this will speed up my work ;)
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Thanks for your reply. I
Thanks for your reply.
I also work wirth HD resolution but I just thought that smaller Icons would be more decent...the UI Ideas you posted seems to be good...hope they are done in the upcoming next version.
My Max does needs 1-2 seconds to load the entire TLA script...after starting max, the silhoutte of the TLA Addon is visible for 1-2 seconds above the Max TImeline, after these 2 seconds, it transforms to the right place...but if the speed is correct, than there is no problem...maybe I just need a complete reformat of my system (Quad Core 4x4ghz, 8gb Ram)
When will the new version with tuned UI elements + recoding come?
Thank you very much.
hey there, big thanks for
hey there, big thanks for the feedback.
compressing the UI
currently the iconbuttons are 20x20 px, personally I think this is a good size and the user can hit the icons precisely and fast. also because on some icons you can either hit the upper or lower part of the icon (so you only got 10x20 px to hit) to trigger a different action.
I'm working on a 1920x1080 screen and got no problems with the size, but I checked the script on a 1280x1024 and think thats a resolution where it could be quite hard to work with TLA (to much scrolling around?).
so I will try to do my best to compress the UI and keep the userbility. here are a few things I can do:
- set icon button size to 14x18 px
- decrease size of some controls like the spinnerfields
- it would be cool if the UI got multiple rows .. lets see what I can do
faster startup
the script starts on my 2.4 GHz PC (maxscript is native only singlecored) within 1200 ms at maxstartup and within 200 ms if max already open. I don't think i can speedup this a lot. how long does it takes on your pc, with what hardware?
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