You can animate almost anything in your scene. Click the Animate button to turn it on, drag the time slider, and change something in your scene to create an animated effect.
The program starts each new scene with 100 frames for animation. Frames are a way of measuring time, and you move through time by dragging the time slider. You can also open the Time Configuration dialog to set the number of frames used by your scene and the speed at which the frames are displayed.
When the Animate button is on, the software creates an animation key whenever you transform an object or change a parameter. To animate a value over a range of frames, specify the value at the first and last frames of the range. The software calculates the values for all of the frames in between.
See Animation Concepts and Methods.
You edit your animation by opening the Track View window or by changing options on the Motion panel. Track View is like a spreadsheet that displays animation keys along a time line. You edit the animation by changing the keys. You can also display the animation as a series of function curves that graphically show how a value changes over time. You can also edit the animation using the track bar.
See Track View and Track bar.