This is an introduction to animation using Blender

1. Introduction to Animation
Deborah Anderson
BlkWmnAnimator

2. What will we be creating?

3. What aspects of 3D
animation go into our
creation?

9. Viewport: the window that allows you to view your 3D scene

10. Perspective: shows your object three-dimensionally

11. Orthographic: two-dimensional view of a three-dimensional
object. This view represents the exact shape of an object as seen
from one side. Depth is not shown.

12. X, Y, and Z
• X, Y, and Z are axis lines
• In other 3D programs, Y is up, but for Blender, Z is up
• In 2D animation, when you’re using a piece of paper, X is left to right
and Z is up and down
• In 3D animation, we add in depth. So in Blender, that’s the Y axis

13. Origin: where the X, Y, and Z axis meet

14. 3D cursor: a point in 3D space that can be used for multiple
things
• Today, we’ll be using it to determine where our objects will be placed
when we create them

15. Model: a collection of 3D components that make up your different
objects
• Everything in your scene could be referred to as a model

16. Components: the elements that make up your 3D model

17. Vertex: the point of intersection between three or more edges
(vertices)

18. Edge: any line on the surface of a 3D model where two polygonal
faces meet

19. Faces: a plane that is made up of three or more edges

20. Wireframe: a skeletal representation of a 3D object

21. Materials: colors you put on your object

22. Empty (Null): an empty object that doesn’t have points or
surfaces, but can be used as one or more objects’ parent

23. Parent/children: (barrel of monkeys chain): parent is an object at
the top of a hierarchy and/or above another. Children are the
objects below another object.

24. Frames: an individual picture in a sequence of images. Once you
put the sequence together, you create an animation

25. Keyframes: a pose that defines the starting and ending points of
any smooth transition

26. Timeline: allows us to set keyframes and edit/play our animation