Questions tagged [animation]
Use this tag for questions or issues pertaining to animation and Blender's animation system.
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How to render an animation as video in Blender?
Yesterday I was working on a simple animation, an animated logo.
Here is an image of the progress:
I already have the animation working and everything is okay with the project, but I can't figure ...
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How to animate morphing a rectangular plane into a sphere
How to make a grid-to-sphere animation like this?
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How do I rotate an object along its own axis (windmill)
I'm trying to rotate the blades of a windmill for an animation but the windmill is already at an angle. When I keyframe it on its own axis (after pressing Ctrl+Alt+Space) and rotate it, the blades ...
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Line of Bones to Travel and Conform to Curve (Train or snake following path)
I've searched google extensively on this. Can't seem to find an answer.
I know about spline IK, which is wonderful for conforming a row of bones to a path. But combining the armature object with a ...
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Physics are not simulated past a certain frame?
I've set up the physics of a swinging wrecking ball and set the animation to run for 240 frames. This was not long enough for the entire "swing" of the ball-and-chain.
I'm unable to reset the ...
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How do I animate time?
I have created a storyboard where I frequently switch between slow-motion and normal motion. The scene involves a particle system, several animated objects and an animated camera.
How do I animate ...
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How do I make a 3 dimensional character out of flat picture?
I have a cartoon character (a lion) that is part of my business logo that I want to put into Blender and animate it somehow. Is there any way I can take a flat picture (JPEG) and transform it into a ...
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How can I add motion to a rigid body?
I'm trying to create a bowling animation and I want the ball to hit the pins.
I already added the Rigid Body physics to the objects but can't get the ball to move.
Obviously I could just add ...
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Animating eye texture in a head mesh
I'm trying to animate a mesh with different eye textures but it's not working.
This is a texture made by me to animate but I still couldn't figure out how to do it. I've seen tutorials on the ...
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Animate winding a ribbon/rope/cable around a cylinder?
Actually, it's not so simple as the title suggests... :)
I might be asked to animate something like this - https://youtu.be/1A3vaJaNDLY?t=132
Here's a still from that video:
It's the process of ...
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How can I easily animate cutaway views on multiple objects?
I'm trying to create animated cutaway views on multiple objects in my scene. For example, in my car model, the seats and other interior objects are separate objects.
This question talks about using ...
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How to convert image sequence to video using the VSE?
I've exported all my frames to .png.
Could you please explain (step by step) how to convert images to video using the video sequence editor? I used to export as .avi raw before, but because I'm ...
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How can I make dynamic text in an animation?
Is there a way to change text during an animation? Something like a readout that could show distance traveled. And have it displayed on the screen of the animation.
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Cyclic orbit animation
I'm trying to make one object orbit another. But I want it to repeat, rather than stop at 100 frames. It seems there is no option for this. Is there a way to make this happen?
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How can I morph a flat plane to be a flat cirlce?
So I'm making a 2d animation in blender, using the z space as layers, and the camera is in orthographic view.
I'm trying to morph a square plane to be a flat circle, but I have no idea how to even ...
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