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In CG, a keyframe can be set on almost any aspect of an object—its color, position,
size, and so on. Maya will interpolate the in-between frames between the keyframes set by
the animator. In reality, you can set several keyframes on any one frame in CG animation.
Figure 1.6 illustrates a keyframe sequence in Maya.
Keyframe at frame 1
Frame 5
Frame 15
Frame 25
Frame 10
Frame 20
Keyframe at frame 30
Figure 1.6
Keyframing. In the
first frame of this
sequence, a key-
frame is set on the
position, rotation,
and scale of the
cone. On frame 30,
the same properties
are again keyframed.
Maya calculates all
the movement in
between.
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