Animating other properties

In our story, we want the lighting to start at night and progress through dawn to daylight. We'll do it by manipulating the Directional Light, Skybox Material, and a Spot Light.

Animating lights

For dramatic effect, let's make the scene slowly fade from night to daytime. We will turn off the Directional Light at the start and slowly increase its Intensity:

1. Select BlackbirdController in Hierarchy and open the Timeline Editor window
2. Drag the Directional Light object from Hierarchy onto the Timeline
3. Press its Record button
4. Ensure the Playhead is at 0:00
5. Select the Directional Light in Hierarchy and change its Intensity parameter to 0
6. Move the Playhead to the 40:00 second mark
7. Set the Intensity to 1

The Directional Light's Animation Track with the Intensity parameter curve is shown here:

Other parameters of the light could also be animated, including its Color and the Transform Rotation angles. Just imagine the possibilities!

Let's also add a Point Light. For dramatic effect,...