Assuming you wish the balloon to float from left to right in the scene (see Figure 1.13) as

it moves away into the background, position the Strokes towards the left of the Screen.

Click on the Move Tool red Control Handle, hold and drag to the left.

With the balloon positioned this will be the Start Position for the Animation.

Animations are visualized and controlled in Dope Sheet and Timeline Editors which

are the two panels at the bottom of the Screen (Figure 1.9).

1.8 Dope Sheet and Timeline

Each Editor Panel in Blender has an Icon representing the Editor Type. The icon is

usually in the upper left-hand corner of the Editor (Figure 1.9). Clicking on any of these

Icons displays the Editor selection Menu (Figure 1.10).

In Object Mode select the Move Tool.

In Object Mode, Blender considers the two

Strokes to be a single Object as indicated by

both Strokes being colored orange when

selected (Click LMB on a Stroke to select the

Object – Click LMB on a blank part of the

Screen to deselect).

Move Tool Control Handles.

Object Center

Object Mode Figure 1.8

Tool Panel

Click on a the red Control Handle, hold the Mouse button and drag

horizontally. Click the blue Handle to move vertically.

Dope Sheet Editor

Figure 1.9

Timeline Editor

Figure 1.10

With the Move Tool selected

Control Handles display at the

center of the selected Object.

The center of the Object is at

the center of the Screen.

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