6 Steps for Creating Easy 3d Character Animation

Animating 3d characters can be a lot of fun, and today we’re going to show you how to do that in Adobe Photoshop.

• 3D character animation is an immersive way of telling your story.
• Character animation software like Maya and Cinema 4D are professional tools used for this task.

Create keyframes and keyframe animation

1. Create keyframe animation for your character’s poses and movements.
2. Create keyframes for each animation.
   
3. Create an additional keyframe for your character’s idle position so the character can stand up at the end of the animation.
4. Create keyframes for each camera move.
5. Keyframe the movement of your character as you transform.

Create Character Controller and assign it to my character

1. First of all, select a 3d character model or model rig.
2. Then, create a controller for your character.
   
3. Copy and paste the exported controller to the character’s asset.
4. That’s all.

Create actions for the animation

1. For the character, you can create actions such as running, jumping, and rolling.
   
2. You can use actions like Translations, Rotations, and Scaling.
3. Select Keyframe in between the actions.
4. Create keyframes for the actions.
5. Animate the character
   Now, select Animate.
6. Drag the Keyframe button to move the keyframe to a specific time.
7. Move the keyframe forward or backward.

Assign animation to my model

1. Drag the animation tool towards your model.
2. Move the animation tool over your model.
3. Right click and pick the Animation tool.
   
4. Right-click on your model and pick the Animation tool.
5. Click on the Add Rotation Key icon.

Assign animation to my character controller

1. Assign animation to my character controller
   Import a character model
   Import character controller
   Create animation of my character controller
2. Export my character rig
   
3. Import my character rig

Use Animation Editor

1. Open a new Animate document.
2. Select Create new document in Flash.
   
3. Click Import file and select your .fla file.
4. Click Import.
5. Open the animation timeline.
6. Drag your objects from their default position to where you want them to appear.
   
7. Begin the animation.
8. Animate the objects’ properties.
9. Export your animation.