With the timeline at 0, and with
the cup selected, press t to select the Move tool (or click the Move tool on the
Modify tab).Move the cup up in the scene, about 1.5m, by clicking and dragging
on its green (Y-axis) handle. You can see the amount of movement in the numeric
display at the bottom-left corner of Layout (Figure 6.11).
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Figure 6.11 Move the teacup up and away from the saucer.
6. Now you should see a small white line tracing from the saucer to the cup. This is a
motion path. Because you created a keyframe at 200, you haven??™t moved the cup
at frame 0, and AutoKey with AutoKey Create is on, a keyframe has automatically
been created for you at 0, in the cup??™s new position. If you were to drag the timeline
or click the play preview button at the bottom right of the interface, the cup
would slowly fall down into its original position.
Note
7. Click and drag the timeline slider forward to frame 200. The cup should be resting
on the saucer at this point, in its original position. This is also where you want
the cup to land when it first falls down.
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