Time for action – animating the oarlock and oar

Now that you have the timing, you can animate the oarlock and oar using the information you got from your timing:

  1. In the 3D View window, shift to the Top view. In the timeline window, drag the Current Frame Indicator, the green vertical line in the Timeline as seen in the next screenshot, to go to frame 1.
  2. Set the Pivot Point to Median Point. Make sure you are in the Object mode. Now, select the Oarlock-R.
  3. Press R, Z, enter the value 45, and press Enter.
    Time for action – animating the oarlock and oar
  4. Move the cursor over the 3D View window and press the letter I to set a Rotation keyframe at frame 1. Then, move the timeline to frame 58 and set another ...

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