
Introduction to Animation	Basic Animation Summary of the Animation Interface Introduction to Animation Basics Quick Tips Turning the Time Slider Display On and Off Setting Keyframes for Isolated Animatable Properties Animating 360 Degrees Around a Pivot Animating a Camera View Along a Path Animating Along a Path
Keyframe Animation	Keyframe Animation Setting Keyframe Animation Copying Keyframe Animation Cutting Keyframe Animation Pasting Keyframe Animation Setting Animation Automatically for Changing Parameters Viewing Individual Frames of Animation Viewing Running Animation Changing and Optimizing Animation Playback Options Previewing Rendered Animation Creating SGI and Apple Format Movie Files Animation File Operations Introduction to Animation File Operations Saving Out Animation Channels Importing Saved Out Animation Working in the Action Window The Action Window Action Window Menus Using Expressions Working with your Animation Using the Anim Stats Window Using the Scene Info Window Editing Expression Controls Copying Channels From One Object to Another Deleting Animation Channels Deleting Static Animation and Flat Tangent Curves Creating Custom Playback Sequences Working with the MetaCycle Window Separating Animated Models into Components
Skeletons and IK	Skeletons and Inverse Kinematics Drawing a Skeleton with Pivots or Joints Introduction to Inverse Kinematics Turning Skeletons On and Off Copying and Pasting Skeletal Animation and Attributes Creating and Setting Joint Information Adding IK Handles to Skeletons Picking IK Handles Turning IK Handles On and Off Turning IK Handle Display On and Off Animating and Rendering Multi-chain IK Defining a Rest Pose for IK Skeletons Returning Joints and IK Skeletons to a Rest Pose Working with Constraints Creating a New Constraint Object Constraining An Object to Another Object Editing UV Constraints Turning Constraints On and Off Turning Constraint Display On and Off Deleting Constraints
Advanced Animation	Dynamics and Particle Systems Running a Dynamics Simulation Notes on Torque Animating and Deforming Surfaces Creating Clusters Editing Cluster Attributes Adding Selection Handles Metamorphosing Same Topology Items Creating Clusters with Properties for Deformation Working with Sets Creating Sets Creating and Editing Sets Picking Sets Editing Sets in the Set Editor Deforming Time With Time Warps Describing a Time Warp Curve Applying a Time Warp Cycling Sections of Animation with a Time Warp Scaling Animation Timing with a Time Warp

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