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Applying multiple animations to one object

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Applying multiple animations to one object

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- As we've seen, we can animate an object using several different properties at the same time. For example, an object can have a motion path and at the same time, it can rotate or scale or change opacity as it moves. What we cannot do is apply two different animation presets to the same object, nor can we apply one property to an object and then follow that with another property that happens right after that. We can't do that on one object, not just by using the animation panel directly. If, for example, you want to have an object fade in and then move after it fades in, that's too different animations. However, there is a little trick with grouping objects that lets you achieve the effect of being able to apply two distinct animations to one object. I want to show you a simple example of that where we're going to see an object fade in and then fade out. Normally, from the animation panel, you can only set one or the other on an object, but we know the trick. Here is our completed…

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