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Timeline

Use timeline in Oraphim with a production-safe workflow, practical example, verification steps, and common failure checks.

Updated August 28, 2026

Timeline

The timeline arranges visual and audio clips over time. Video tracks composite from lower to higher tracks; audio tracks mix into the sequence output.

Visual reference

Timeline with video and audio tracks

Read edits horizontally in time and tracks vertically; zoom until edit points are easy to judge.

Track controls

Visual tracks expose visibility, lock, targeting, naming, and color controls. Audio tracks expose mute, solo, lock, targeting, naming, and color controls.

Selecting clips

Click a clip to select it. Modifier-assisted selection can build a multi-selection. Clicking an empty timeline area clears the selection. The Inspector follows the active selection.

Playback and navigation

Use the transport controls to play, pause, step frames, or jump between edits. Timeline zoom is centered around the editing context so fine cuts and full-sequence navigation do not require separate views.

Visual feedback

Video clips display a clip identity and thumbnail treatment when available. Audio clips display waveform information when it has been generated. Selected clips and trim edges use distinct focus states.

Use Timeline in a production project

  1. Open Edit workspace and select the intended clip, edit point, track, or timeline range.
  2. Establish the correct input state first—timing, media link, layer/node enable state, project settings, or source selection as relevant.
  3. Apply or adjust Timeline with one clear goal. Change the smallest set of controls needed to reach that goal so the result remains understandable and reversible.
  4. Review the complete affected range in context. Scrub difficult frames and also play at normal speed when motion or audio is involved.
  5. Save a named milestone before moving into another major operation, especially after graph changes, tracking, AI processing, relinking, simulation, or delivery setup.

Practical guidance

Use timeline only where it solves a defined creative or technical problem, and compare the result against the untreated state.

A useful test is a short 5–10 second section containing both an easy case and a difficult case for this feature. Tune against the difficult moment without breaking the easy one. If two approaches are plausible, duplicate/version the project state and compare them rather than stacking both together blindly.

Verify the result

  • Play through the edit at normal speed and check upstream/downstream timing.
  • Toggle/bypass the operation where possible and make sure the change you intended is actually responsible for the result.
  • Check selection, visibility/mute/solo state, node connections, track locks, range, and source identity when the result appears missing.
  • Save and reopen before treating a complex setup as reusable.
  • If this feature changes final pixels or audio, render a short review and inspect the file outside Oraphim.