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Seeing your 3D objects come to life is really satisfying. In this lesson, I’ll walk you through the basics of Blender’s animation system by focusing on Keyframes and curves.
To animate any property of an object, we just need to tell Blender what the value should be at a particular point in time using a keyframe. Keyframes define the important parts of your animation and Blender will do all the in-between work of interpolation for you. The hotkey to remember for setting keyframes is 'I'. You can see all your keyframes for animatable properties in your dopesheet, as well as your curve editor.
If you'd like to dive deeper into Animation - and it's a REALLY deep dive - we have several courses available. Check out:
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Or just look up anything Wayne Dixon has done on our main site!
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➤ Get your Q's answered on CG Cookie: b3d.cgcookie.com/jmuh60
➤ Grab your FREE copy of Press Start - Your first Blender Project: b3d.cgcookie.com/49qx15
➤ Continue learning about Animation: b3d.cgcookie.com/4c6ukz
Seeing your 3D objects come to life is really satisfying. In this lesson, I’ll walk you through the basics of Blender’s animation system by focusing on Keyframes and curves.
To animate any property of an object, we just need to tell Blender what the value should be at a particular point in time using a keyframe. Keyframes define the important parts of your animation and Blender will do all the in-between work of interpolation for you. The hotkey to remember for setting keyframes is 'I'. You can see all your keyframes for animatable properties in your dopesheet, as well as your curve editor.
If you'd like to dive deeper into Animation - and it's a REALLY deep dive - we have several courses available. Check out:
➤ CORE Fundamentals of Animation: cgcookie.com/courses/core-fundamentals-of-animation-in-blender
➤ Wayne Dixon's Animation Bootcamp: cgcookie.com/courses/animation-bootcamp
➤ SHAPE: cgcookie.com/courses/shape-add-shape-keys-to-your-rigging-toolbox-in-blender
Or just look up anything Wayne Dixon has done on our main site!
➤ Check out the full Fundamentals series to get a jump start on modeling, sculpting, animation, lighting, shading, texturing, and rigging: b3d.cgcookie.com/wWQfWt
➤ Learning Blender Hot Keys? Download our FREE Blender Hot Key Cheat Sheet b3d.cgcookie.com/JeVJrS
➤ Join our Discord b3d.cgcookie.com/WqWzuJ
"WHO IS CG COOKIE?"
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