To Create a Keyframe Animation

  1. Click Animation > Timeline.
  2. Click Scene > Scenegraph.
  3. In the Scenegraph, select the geometry you want to animate.
  4. Go to frame zero on the timeline.
  5. Click Keyframe on the right side of the Timeline.

    This saves the current transformation values for frame zero. A red line at frame zero of the Timeline shows that a keyframe has been created.

  6. Navigate to a later frame on the Timeline and move the object within your scene.
  7. Click Keyframe again to create a keyframe with the new transformation values.

    Now when you play the animation, the position of the object will be interpolated between the two keyframes.

  8. Optional: drag another object, such as a shadow plane, under the animated object in the Scenegraph.

    This sets the dragged object as a child of the animated object so it will move with the object.