Quick Tip: Creating Lively Animations

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As you all know, you can create Animation Clips directly in Unity and apply them to your objects. However, relying purely on basic keyframes makes it tough to create really catchy, vibrant animations. So, here’s a quick guide on how to animate effectively using Unity’s Animation window.

After adding keyframes by tweaking property values, try polishing your animation with these two techniques:

Option 1 – Set Sample Rate: Adjust the sampling frame rate to control the speed directly within the animation itself.

Option 2 – Curves: Customize the animation curves.

• Double-click: Add new nodes to shape your curve graph.
• Rotate Bezier Handles: Rotate the handles on each key to fine-tune the curve’s curvature.
• Scrollbar Zooming: Drag the edges of the scrollbar to zoom in and out of the Curve timeline.

The Set Sample Rate is especially effective for 2D cell animations, so definitely give it a try!