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Step Four: Adding Animation

First we need to position the COOL, so that the 3D can spin around it (Right now, they're in the same place.):

  • Select "COOL" from the Select an Object field.
  • Click on the Move Object tool (The hand with the glove on it) on the Standard Toolbar.

NOTE: The Move Object tool moves the object selected along the X and Y-axis (left - right; up - down) by clicking the left mouse and dragging it across the document. It moves it along the Z-axis (forward and backward) by clicking the right mouse and dragging it up and down. Up moves it backward. Down moves it forward.

  • Now that you know that, move COOL backward until the number in the Z position field is 100.

Here's what this looks like:

This is where the animation begins:

  • Select 3D from the Select an Object field.
  • Go to your Easy Palette and select Motion (Several effects will show up to the right of the palette)
  • Select the one in the middle of all of them. (If the grid was the Brady Bunch, this one would be Alice).
  • Double click it.

This has applied the movement to your animation, but in order to preview it, you have to hit the play button on the animation toolbar.This is what it should look like:

The only difference is that when you hit play, it only goes around once. Hit the Loop Tool on the Animation Toolbar to see it spin continuously.

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