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# Keyframe Animations

The Depence Sequencer also offers key-frame animation features to animate objects on the timeline. This can be used to animate walking people, driving cars, or camera movements.

## **Adding Objects to the Timeline**

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Pick the Object on its Drag-Icon and drag it over the Timeline Track area. This will create an Object-Keyframe Track for this Object including basic property tracks for Position, Rotation, and Scale.

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Once you drop the object, it also records the first initial key-frame, based on the current position of the object.

### Add more properties 

By default only Position, Rotation and Scale are recorded. Nevertheless most objects offer more properties which can be controlled by keyframes. In the Object-Track right-click and choose "Add Keyframe properties".

## **Record new Keyframes**

The general workflow of recording keyframes is equal to other 3D-Programs:

1. Move the **Timeline** Position to a time where the Animation should reach the target.
2. Move the **Object** to the target Position.
3. Record the new keyframe by a click on the Tracks Record button![](/files/-MhI_k_sUFn65Q5Wcso7).

Once you recorded on the Object-Track, it will automatically record keys for all property tracks. While moving the Timeline Position pointer you can see how the animation will interpolate between the keyframes.

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## **Overwrite Keyframes**

To re-record a keyframe, just move the timeline position pointer over the keyframes until they appear red and click the record button again.

## **Animation Path**

Once you have recorded different positions, the 3D Viewport will draw the animation in form of a spline path, which allows you to change the key positions with your mouse on its key points.

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{% hint style="warning" %}
Please note that moving the key points is view-dependent, so it makes sense to edit these in the Quad-View.
{% endhint %}