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  • Would like to animate scale – possible?

    Posted by Evelyn Wandernoth on May 12, 2019 at 10:00 am

    Hi all,

    I’d like to be able to animate scale, but am unsure whether this is possible. I’ve been googling but I’m not exactly finding what I’m looking for..
    I have a pair of eyes on a character, and I’d like to make him blink. The easiest way for me to do this would be to literally scale down the eyes for a few frames, and then scale them back up (opening and closing effect).
    Am not sure whether this is possible, any tips appreciated!


    If you have any other suggestions of how I might go about ‘animating’ the eyes a little bit to add expression, those are welcome too. Thanks!

    Evelyn Wandernoth replied 7 years, 3 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Jim Scott

    May 12, 2019 at 1:52 pm

    To simulate a blink, simply animate the Y scale parameter of the spheres making up the eyes. Create keyframes a few frames apart for Y=1, Y=.2, and Y=1, for example.

  • Evelyn Wandernoth

    May 12, 2019 at 2:43 pm

    Thank you very much!

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