Optional module - Maxon Computer

CINEMA 4D R11 Quickstart – Animation
Slide the time slider to frame 90. Move the cube along its blue Z-axis (back) a little. Click on the record button.
Three more keys will appear on the timeline, this time at frame / time 90.
When you move the time slider you can see the cube move between the two recorded points.
Congratulations, you’ve animated the cube! Using the red button to record an object’s changing
attributes is the quickest and easiest way to generate keys. There is a disadvantage, though.
Often, altered attributes will be recorded even if they had not been altered at all. In the case of the cube it was
the X and Y positions. There are other ways in which animation keys can be set. We will now look at how you
can select and animate specific attributes.
Open a new (empty) scene. Create a floor object (objects / scene / floor) and a cone (objects / primitives / cone).
Move the cone up a little along its green Y-axis so that it’s standing on the floor.
The cone has a lot of attributes that we can change using the Attribute Manager. We will now animate two of
these attributes - the upper radius and the number of segments of the cone.
Make sure that your scene is set to frame 0. Hold down the Ctrl key and click on the small black circle in front
of “Top Radius“. It will turn red.
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