Animating in Blender requires us to not only create keyframes for our animations but also manipulate them by changing the interpolation of those frames and how they interact. The manual way to do this is to change how the handles are used for each keyframe in the graph editor. To change the handle type, open … Read more
If you are learning about 3D animation, then one of the first animations that you are likely to create is a bouncing ball. There are several youtube tutorials out there that demonstrate how to get you ball to bounce, but the process is often glossed over, as the tools used here provide the foundation for … Read more
If you are new to animation in Blender, then you may be at the stage where you are using the timeline to create and position the keyframes that create your animations. However, a better tool for manipulating keyframes is the dope sheet. The Dope Sheet is the primary panel in Blender where we can edit … Read more
Blender can be used for almost any 3D-related task, from concept design to 3D printing. One of its most popular use cases though is for creating 3D animation, as in addition to its modeling toolset, it also has a suite of tools used for animation as well. And these tools have their own keyboard shortcuts … Read more
