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Animation
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|Video Link|

.. |Video Link| raw:: html

   <a href="https://youtu.be/c94K2NGN_Lg" target="_blank">Video Link</a>


.. image:: images/animation.jpg
    :alt: Animation

The add-on can set |keyframes| on the camera's location, rotation and focal length in order animate a transition from one set-up to another.

The controls are found in the *Animation* section of the panel.

.. image:: images/animation_panel.jpg
    :alt: Animation

.. |keyframes| raw:: html

   <a href="https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/animation/keyframes/introduction.html" target="_blank">keyframes</a>


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Setting keyframes
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#. Drag up the *Timeline* view.

    .. image:: images/drag_timeline.gif

#. Select the active camera you wish to animate.

    .. image:: images/select_camera.jpg

#. Turn on the Perspective Plotter by clicking the *Plot Perspective* button.

    .. image:: images/anim_activate.gif

#. Click the **Set Keyframe** button.  This will set keyframes for the camera's location, rotation and focal length at that point in time.

    .. image:: images/anim_set_keyframe.gif

#. Move the position of the timeline to the frame you wish to set another keyframe.

    .. image:: images/anim_drag_slider.gif

#. Adjust the perspective guides to a different position and click **Set Keyframe** again.

    .. image:: images/anim_set_keyframe2.gif

#. Repeat this process to set up the full camera animation.

    .. image:: images/anim_complete.gif

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Deleting Keyframes
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.. image:: images/anim_deleting.gif

You can delete the set of keyframes for a specific point in time with the **Delete Keyframe** button:

#. Position the timeline slider to the point where the you have keyframes set that you wish to delete.  
#. The **Delete Keyframe** button should become active.  
#. Press this button to delete the relevant camera keyframes at this point in time.

You can also delete all the keyframes by clicking **Delete All Keyframes**, which will delete all camera keyframes for the location, rotation and focal length.