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Mobile Lite Timeline

The Mobile Lite timeline is a touch-friendly dock for reviewing and editing scene timing on phones and tablets.

It makes mobile a practical creation surface for quick edits, timing review, and on-the-go updates, while the desktop editor remains the best place for detailed production work.

Visual orientation​

Mobile Lite editor with the timeline dock expanded in an empty scene
An expanded empty timeline shows the dock structure before tracks exist: mode tabs, time ruler, scrubber, playback, and the normal bottom navigation remain visible.
Screenshot callouts
  1. Timeline dock toggle
    Tap the Timeline pill to expand or collapse the dock.
  2. Draw and Animate modes
    Switch the visible editing context for compatible objects in the active scene.
  3. Time ruler
    The ruler provides scene-time context; object rows appear beneath it when the scene has content.
  4. Scrubber and current time
    Drag the handle to inspect a different moment in the scene.
  5. Preview playback
    Play or pause the active scene without leaving Mobile Lite.
Mobile Lite expanded timeline containing text, vector, and group rows
With project content present, each row represents a real object or group and displays its active timing range relative to the playhead.
Screenshot callouts
  1. Canvas selection
    The blue outline identifies the selected object or group whose timeline context you are reviewing.
  2. Protected group guidance
    Mobile Lite explains when an object must be ungrouped before it can be edited separately.
  3. Object rows
    Text, vector, and group labels identify the project objects represented on the timeline.
  4. Timing ranges
    Colored range bars show how each object's timing spans the active scene.
  5. Playhead
    The vertical line connects canvas state, ruler time, and every visible object range.
Product UI verification

Both captures and their control locations were checked against the running Mobile Lite editor with browser-based UI review on July 26, 2026. For the task-based mobile workflow, follow Create with Mobile Lite. Use Animate with the timeline for the fuller desktop timing model.

Dock States​

The timeline dock has three states:

  • Collapsed: keeps the canvas focused while showing scene status and playback controls.
  • Peek: reveals more timing context without taking over the screen.
  • Expanded: shows object ranges and timeline actions for the active scene.

What You Can Do​

  • Scrub playback.
  • Review active scene timing.
  • Select object ranges.
  • Open Draw.
  • Open Animate.
  • Open Camera.
  • View scene and audio context while editing.

Mobile Lite can review the resulting audio and object timing, but it does not author script-segment-to-object bindings. Create or change those relationships in Desktop with the Audio binding workflow.

Range Types​

Mobile Lite explains timing ranges in user-facing terms:

  • Draw range: timing controlled by draw steps.
  • Motion range: timing controlled by animation.
  • Keyframe range: timing controlled by keyframes.
  • Mixed range: timing that combines more than one source.
  • Object timing: the object's overall timing in the scene.

When a row reports a mixed range, use the Desktop guide to compare preset, Draw, and keyframe timing.

Locked Objects​

Locked objects are protected from accidental edits. If an object is locked, you cannot edit its Draw or Animate settings from the mobile timeline until you unlock it.

Existing motion still plays normally.

Desktop vs Mobile​

Use the desktop editor for detailed production, larger layouts, and precise timeline work.

Use Mobile Lite for quick edits, touch-first creation, timing review, object selection, scene checks, and updates while away from your main workstation.