It supports a range of image formats, PDF for viewing or printing, HTML tables rather than any graphical rendering, OPML and RTF, and some data interchange formats covering Timeline 3D (Bee Docs) and Simile (an open source Javascript timeline library).
Once you have tweaked your timeline to look right, you need to choose the best export format, and this is where Aeon Timeline cannot compete with Timeline 3D. At first this felt clumsy, but I quickly got the hang of it, and it is really ingenious and neat: an excellent piece of interface design. Although it takes a little getting used to, the neatest way to do this is using the tool at the foot of the window: drag the right edge of the magnifier to alter the period shown in the timeline view above, and drag over it to move through time.
You can set all sorts of calendars and delimiters to determine the window of time which is shown on the timeline. This seems a curious omission, which means that the only text displayed is that of the date and the event label. However it does not appear capable of revealing the note text attached to events, which is only shown in the Inspector. The settings tool offers a wide range of document settings, including date formats, display widgets, fonts, and more. I did try to see if this could be performed better using entities, or in arcs, but it does not. However for some odd reason there appears to be no way to get them to extend a vertical line to the time axis at the top, marking their end. Period events are shown as proper time bars, occupying the duration determined by the start and end times. You will also need to adjust the size of the images displayed on the timeline, using the Settings tool by default they are tiny thumbnails, but can be grown to almost any size you might wish.ĭouble-clicking an image in a timeline event enlarges it using QuickLook, and you can click the button to open the image to full size in Preview if you wish. Because adding images to the document would quickly blow it up in size, Aeon Timeline makes a smart link to the original image file. This new event editor does not give access to all the data for an event, but gets it on the timeline ready for completion using the Inspector.Īdding an image, or any other external link, is performed neatly using the tools provided in the Inspector’s External Links section. Starting at that basic level, you just click the Add New Event tool at the top left of its window, and fill in the blanks for your first event. It also does simple jobs, such as my timeline of paintings of trees, very well. It thus copes with very complex timelines by allowing you to structure them, and has tools such as filters which help further. It also has entities – typically people in a narrative, for example – and arcs, which are groups of events and entities. Whereas Timeline 3D exports similarly laid-out timelines in a rich range of formats, Aeon Timeline has a huge range of features and controls to vary structure and layout, but a more limited range of export formats.įor a start, it is not just concerned with events (and event periods). * Import your timelines from previous versions of Timeline 3D and Easy Timeline.The second app which I have used to create timelines with is Aeon Timeline, at £29.99 one of the Mac App Store’s middleweights. * Choose from different background themes * Include optional information such as notes, web links, and tags * Quickly enter events with dates and times in any global format * Present your timelines full screen and with 3D perspective Timelines help you understand and present history with new perspective! Make timeline charts of world history, family trees, fictional stories or business deadlines. Present historical events with Timeline 3D to reveal connections and clarify relationships. This education edition includes all of the functionality of Timeline 3D without any in-app purchasing to make it easier for schools and enterprises to manage. Timeline 3D for iOS is the simplest way to create beautiful multimedia timelines.
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