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Animation Panel

pre 1.18




Located at the bottom of the window. Animation panel contains all the animation timelines and keyframes, as well as the animation controller and the animation settings.



Timeline



Timeline area contains all animating properties. The area is divided into two part, the properties on the left and the dopesheet on the right. The properties area display list of all animating properties, and the dopesheet display all the keyframes.


Navigation


Navigating the timeline area is based on your mouse position:



Timeline Management


Properties in the timeline can be rearrange, recolor and grouped.


Rearrange Left click and drag
Change color Right click on the node label
Create folder Right click and select "New folder"


Animaing Properties


To animate a properties. Click on the clock icon in the inspector. Animating properties will show up on the timeline. Click on the clock icon again to disable animation. Deleting all keyframes will also disable animation.



Keyframes



Keyframe represent a single value of a properties. Putting multiple keyframes in the timelime will animated the value. Keyframes can be added, removed, and edited in the dopesheet.


Changing the value of the animated properties will create a keyframe at the current time.


Keyframe Interpolation



By default, keyframe interpolation is done linearly. To change the interpolation type. You can double click and drag on the keyframe. This will create the smoothness slider, the longer the slider, the smoother the interpolation will be.



You can also right click on the keyframe to change the interpolation type. Apart from the linear and smooth, there's also a "hold" type which will disable interpolation altogether and change the value instantly.


Curve view



To see how the value interpolate in a clearer fashion, you can toggle curve view on with the curve icon.


Driver



You can apply modification to the animation by adding driver. Right click on the keyframe select "Driver..." then select the driver you want.


Keyframe Stagger


You can stagger multiple keyframes by selecting all the keyframes you want, right click and select "Stagger":



Animation Controller



Animation controller is located at the bottom left of the panel.



Frame stretching


On top of the dopesheet you can see the frame index. At the right most is the button to adjust the animation length .



Animation Settings



At the bottom right is a button to open the animation settings dialog. There you can adjust animation and playback properties.



Animation Scalers



On top of the animation settings is animation scalers, which allow you to change the animation length and scale all the keyframes.



Working range



Working range is a range of frame that will be active when playback and export. This can be different from the animation range.



To set the working range, right click on the animation summary and select "Set Start/End".