godot-docs/learning/step_by_step/animations.rst

.. _doc_animations:

Animations
==========

Introduction
------------

Godot's animation system is extremely powerful and flexible.

To begin, let's use the scene from the previous tutorial (:ref:`doc_splash_screen`).
The goal is to add a "fade-in" animation to the splash image. Here's a copy
just in case: :download:`robisplash.zip <files/robisplash.zip>`.

Add an animation player
-----------------------

First of all, add an :ref:`AnimationPlayer <class_AnimationPlayer>`
node to the scene as a child of "background" (the root node):

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_inspector.png

When a node of this type is selected, the animation editor panel will
appear:

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor.png

The animation editor panel stays visible until manually hidden.

Creating the animation
----------------------

It's time to create a new animation! Press the new animation button and name
the animation "intro" when the dialog appears.

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_new.png

Now that we have an animation the property editor enters
"animation editing" mode. In this mode, a key icon appears next to
every property of the property editor. In Godot any property of an object
can be animated:

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_property_keys.png

Editing the animation
---------------------

The logo will appear from the top of the screen.

With the animation editor panel open, select the "logo" node and set the
"Rect / Position" property to ``(118, -400)`` and press the key button next
to the property:

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_logo_inspector_key.png

When the dialog appears, confirm that you are creating a new track.

The keyframe will be added in the animation player editor:

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor_keyframe.png

Move the editor cursor to the end, by clicking here:

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor_track_cursor.png

Change the logo position to ``(118, 0)`` and add a keyframe again. With two
keyframes, the animation happens.

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor_keyframe_2.png

Pressing "Play selected animation from start. (Shift-D)" on the animation panel
will make the logo descend.

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor_play_start.png

Click the "Autoplay on Load" button to set the animation to start automatically
when the scene starts.

.. image:: img/robisplash_anim_editor_autoplay.png

And finally, when running the scene, the animation should look like
this:

.. image:: img/out.gif