GAMING & ANIMATION

Animation and Blender Basics

Interface

• Blender's interface consists of various panels, a 3D view and a toolbar.

Objects

•  Blender works with 3D objects. You can add and manipulate mesh objects like cubes, spheres, etc.

Editing Mesh

•  Enter Edit Mode to modify the vertices, edges, and faces of a mesh. 

Keyframe Animation in Blender

Setting the Initial Keyframe

• Understanding keyframes and basic movement in Blender building on animation principles.

Fine-Tuning in the Graph Editor

• Using graph editor to fine-tune movement and focus on understanding timing and its importance to animation.

Character Animation in Blending

• It uses the foundations of sessions one session and two to build a robot arm and have it pick up a ball and throw it.
• Model, rig and animate: we will learn the basics of building a simple character. This, session will carry over to session 4 when we go over how to export the animation

Advanced Animation Techniques

• Learn how to export your animation
• Configure the output settings according to your preferences.
• This includes specifying the file format, output location, and other relevant parameters.
• Initiate the rendering process by selecting the "Animation" option.