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title: "V-Ray Timeline"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VRHINO/116130350/V-Ray%20Timeline"
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This page provides information about the Timeline component in V-Ray for Grasshopper.
## **Overview**
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## **Input Parameters**
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**Frames** *(Integer)* – Number of timeline frames. Controls the animation length.
**Start** *(Integer) *– Specifies the first frame from a range of frames to be rendered. Its value cannot exceed the value of the Range End input parameter.
**End** *(Integer)* – Specifies the last frame from a range of frames to be rendered. It cannot exceed the last frame number of the total animation.
## **Output Parameters**
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### **Usage Examples:**
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[Download the GH definition here.](https://drive.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1PfLzXD1CJlmwMRWynCLQPH8BtFleaKFw)
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## **Notes**
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- Exporting Camera or Sun animation from Grasshopper directly to the Rhino project can be done via the Render in Project component. It overwrites any previously recorded animation in V-Ray. The imported animation data is available during the active session but if Rhino is closed and reopened it will need to be reimported again. Note that only one external animation can be exported at this way meaning Camera and Sun animations cannot be exported to Rhino simultaneously.
Using the **vrayRecordAnimation** command or recording a new Rhino animation overrides the animation from Grasshopper.
- V-Ray Timeline component begins counting frames from 0, e.g. the first frame number is 0, the second frame number is 1, etc. Therefore, setting up a range of the first 10 frames means picking frame numbers 0 to 9, not 1 to 10.
- When exporting an animation, the Timeline's frame start and end values are ignored. Instead, the full timeline frame range is always used.
- Sun and camera animations from Grasshopper can be rendered in V-Ray Vision both through Live Link or from manually exported .vrscene files. Note that object animations are currently unsupported.
- Sun and Camera animation is supported for both V-Ray Vision and Chaos Vantage.