Frame-by-Frame Animation Timeline

Suggested additions to the current Video Layers Timeline:

Frames & Keyframes

• Clear visual and functional distinction between frames and keyframes.
• Keyboard shortcuts to jump to the previous/next keyframe.

Onion Skinning

• Color-coded onion skinning, with previous and next frames shown in different colors.
• Option to apply onion skinning to keyframes only.
• Dedicated on/off toggle button for onion skinning.
• Dedicated onion skin settings button.
• Option for a floating onion skin settings panel that can be docked in a workspace.

Frame Controls

• Button to add one empty frame.
• Button to add two empty frames.
• Button to duplicate the selected frame.
• Button to delete the selected frame.
• Button to clear the contents of a frame without removing it.

Layer & Group Controls

• Button to add a new video layer.
• Button to add a new video group.

Timeline Editing

• Ability to select multiple frames across different layers with a single mouse gesture.
• Ability to cut the final frame of a video layer (currently only possible for layers with 2+ frames).
• Ability to change the duration of multiple video layers simultaneously, rather than one by one.

Camera

• Add a camera layer/tool for framing, panning, and zooming within animations.