Description:
I'd like to see the ability to select portions of the timeline and add a color to them to help distinguish different portions of a given scene. It would help to easily identify where key actions are in a sequence.
How Used:
One small button (or similar interaction tool) would turn on/off the timeline color mode. In this mode, keys would not be able to be moved until the timeline color mode was turned back off. Similar to selecting keys, a user would drag an area of the timeline they wish to portion. 3ds will then assign a random color to that selection. Right-click functionality over any color segment could give the user the ability to split, delete, or change the color of that segment.
Feature Affinity:
Timeline display/appearance customization