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# Action Interface Overview

Action is divided into a number of menus and sections designed to help you quickly create your composites.

## Changing Views

You can change the orientation to view a scene from many angles. This can help you set up motion paths, light sources, and camera angles more easily.

From the View box, select an option to set the view in the image window.

Most of the View box options have keyboard shortcuts displayed in the expanded list. Some of these keyboard shortcut options are also cycle options. For example, pressing F5 repeatedly cycles through the animation channels, tracks, and info views.

You can also toggle ` (on the Tilde key) to alternate between the Schematic view and the previous view.

## Accessing Action Menus

The left side of the Action menu houses a number of buttons that allow you to switch between the various Action sections and menus. Clicking any of these buttons opens the specific Action section, such as the Action Bin or Output menu.

#### Topics in this section

- Using the Node Bin
- Animating with the Channel Editor