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User Guide
Creating a simple animation
The best way to understand key frames is to actually create an animation. The following section
shows you how to create simple animated sequences with a single object and a single timeline,
as well as some more complicated sequences involving multiple objects and timelines.
To create a simple animation using the
Animation Toolbar:
1
Insert an object to the Edit Window. On the
Animation Toolbar, the default frame
number should be 10, and set the default
fps to 15. Change the frame number to 15.
Notice that the current frame is 1, and that
the timeline already contains a key frame.
2
On the Location Toolbar, click Move Object.
In the Edit Window, drag the object to the
left side of the window. On the Location
Toolbar, the coordinates change to show
the object’s position at the first key frame.
3
Drag the Timeline Control slider to the last
frame of the timeline, or type 15 as the
current frame number. Click Add Key Frame
to add a key frame.
4
Drag the object to the right side of the Edit
Window. The coordinates on the Location
Toolbar change to reflect the position of the
object at frame 15 of the animation.
5
Click Play to view the animation. The object
should move from the left to right in the Edit
Window.
6
Save the project by clicking Save on the
Standard Toolbar. This allows you to save it
in the COOL 3D file format (*.C3D). You can
open this file later within the program to edit
the project.
