From the course: Animation Foundations: Fundamentals
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Animating cycles
When animating things that are repetitively timed, it is often best to use cycles. There's several ways to create cycles using animation software. Some of this will depend on the software. One way to create a cycle is to simply copy keys. Here, we have a simple animation that we can cycle. If we wanted to continue, we can simply copy the keys of the animation further down the timeline. This repeats the animation for another cycle. If we want more cycles, then we can copy both sets of keys to create four cycles. Now, when copying keys in this manner, it's important to look at how the last key matches up with the first. Here, we have a 24-frame animation with keys at the beginning and the end. If we want to cycle it, we need to make sure that the keys at the end are identical with the ones at the beginning. Well, the easiest way to do this is to copy and paste the first keys to the end to make sure it is identical. And it's also important to look at the animation curves to make sure…
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