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