Key frame animation

• Describe the basic principles of key frame animation and the difference between Auto Key and Set Key methods.
• Animate the train wheels and bell created in section 2 using key framing.
• Use the dope sheet, track view and curve editor to modify animations.
• Create parent-child relationships between objects and apply to the wheel and pistons to improve the animation.
• Clone, move, edit and delete keys.
• Apply different animation controllers to create particular effects.
• Use ‘Constraints’ including constraining motion around a path and the ‘Look at’ constraint to create a realistic model train scene.
• Use a dummy object to generate motion.
• Animate a modifier applied to a simple set of primitives. Including: Bend, Taper, Twist.
• Modify the timing of an animation.