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Lesson 04Animation Basics

This lesson will cover some basic animation techniques and terminology, as well as hierarchies and relationships between objects. Autodesk® 3ds Max® software provides tools for animation, but to animate well, you also need to understand and use the laws that govern animation.

In this lesson you will learn the following:

How to change the undo level;

How to create hierarchies;

How to build a custom Schematic View;

How to understand parent inheritance;

How to control a pivot point;

How to use the Time Slider;

How to use the Curve Editor;

How to select animation keyframes;

How to change keyframe tangents. ...

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