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title: "Layer Controls"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/FLTIME-FLBASE.html"
section_path: "Create Menu > Field > Field Layers > Time Field Layer > Layer Controls"
element_id: "FLTIME"
group_id: "FLBASE"
description: "You can choose from various Shapes that will repeat at a defined point. Note that these shapes can be adjusted further using the Remapping tab's settings …"
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## Layer Controls

### Shape

Parameter ID: `TIMEFIELDLAYER_SHAPE`

![Image: 041635.jpg](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/Resources/Images/041635.jpg)

You can choose from various **Shapes** that will repeat at a defined point. Note that these shapes can be adjusted further using the **Remapping** tab's settings. For example, if the Triangle curve should also have a negative segment, the **Min** value can be set to -100% in the Remapping tab.

### Rate

Parameter ID: `TIMEFIELDLAYER_SPEED`

This value defines the time span in frames within which the Time layer will reach a value of 1 or 100%. In other words, smaller values will produce a correspondingly faster value increase (faster effect) and vice-versa.

### Offset

Parameter ID: `TIMEFIELDLAYER_OFFSET`

This setting can be used to define a temporal offset to the current time. A value of -30, for example, a Time layer effect will initiate at a time of +30.

A [Subfield](https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/58091.html.md) can also be created for this parameter.