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There is a pair of checkboxes beside the names of each guide. One is for the Spline Editor, and
one is for the Keyframes Editor (labeled Timeline). By default, guides are shown in both the
Spline Editor and Keyframes Editor, but you can deselect the appropriate checkbox to hide the
guides in that view.
Deleting Guides
You can delete a guide by dragging it up beyond the axis labels and releasing the mouse. You
can also use the Guide’s contextual menu to choose Delete Guide.
Autosnap
To help with precisely positioning keyframes and the start and end of segments as you drag in
the Timeline, you can have them snap to a field, a frame, or to guides. The Autosnap option is
accessed through the Timeline’s contextual menu. There are two submenu options for
autosnapping. One option controls the snapping behavior when you drag keyframes, control
points, or the starting and ending edges of segments. The other option controls the snapping
behavior of guides.
Autosnap Points
When you drag keyframes or the edges of segments, often you want them to fall on a specific
frame. Autosnap restricts the placement of keyframes and segment edges to frame boundaries
by default, but you have other options found in the contextual menu. To configure autosnapping
on keyframes and segment edges, right-click anywhere within the Keyframes Editor and
choose Options > Autosnap Points from the contextual menu. This will display the Autosnap
Points submenu with options for the snapping behavior. The options are:
 None: None allows free positioning of keyframes and segment edges with subframe
accuracy.
 Frame: Frame forces keyframes and segment edges to snap to the nearest frame.
 Field: Field forces keyframes and segment edges to snap to the nearest field, which is
0.5 of a frame.
 Guides: When enabled, the keyframes and segment edges snap to guides in the
Timeline.
Autosnap Guides
When you click to create a new guide, the default behavior is that it will snap to the closest
frame. If you reposition the guide, it also snaps to the nearest frame as you drag. This behavior
can be changed in the Keyframes Editor’s contextual menu by choosing from the Options >
Autosnap Guides submenu. The options are:
 None: Guides can be placed anywhere with subframe accuracy.
 Frame: Frame forces all guides to snap to the nearest frame.
 Field: Field forces all guides to snap to the nearest field.
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