Time for action – animating the oarlock and oar
Now that you have the timing, you can animate the oarlock and oar using the information you got from your timing:
- In the 3D View window, shift to the Top view. In the timeline window, drag the Current Frame Indicator, the green vertical line in the Timeline as seen in the next screenshot, to go to frame 1.
- Set the Pivot Point to Median Point. Make sure you are in the Object mode. Now, select the Oarlock-R.
- Press R, Z, enter the value
45, and press Enter.
- Move the cursor over the 3D View window and press the letter I to set a Rotation keyframe at frame 1. Then, move the timeline to frame 58 and set another Rotation keyframe. It will look like the image on the left-hand side of the next screenshot. You can either drag the Current Frame Indicator or type in the number of the frame in the button to the right of End.
- Move to frame 26.
- Press R, Z, enter the value
-90, and press Enter. Press I to set a rotation keyframe. - Repeat this for the other...
