2.1 The Animation window: features and settings

2.2 Editing Animation Clips

2.3 Model-specific animation import settings

2.4 Cutting imported Animation Clips

2.5 Setting the Root Motion of imported Animation Clips

2.6 Finishing an Animation Clip: additional settings

2.7 Creating and configuring Animation Events

2.8 Configuring Generic Rigs

2.9 Configuring Humanoid Rigs

Explore the core features and settings of the Animation window to better control your animations in context.

Create and edit basic Animation Clips directly in the Unity Editor to bring motion to your scenes.

Review model-specific animation basics and import settings so you can trim an imported Animation Clip.

In this tutorial, you choose and isolate your preferred section from a running Animation Clip.

Understand Root Motion principles, tune Root Motion settings and rotation, and decide when to bake vertical and lateral motion.

Review additional rig settings that improve animation workflows for both Humanoid and Generic Rigs in Unity.

Learn how Animation Events relate to context and practice creating and configuring them in different setups.

Learn about animation types in Unity and configure an Avatar asset for a Generic Rig.

Configure Humanoid rigs, fine-tune muscles, and use Avatar Masks for precise character animation.

In this learning project, you'll explore how to work with Assets as you create animations using the Unity Animation systems.

Working with Assets

1.1 Welcome to the course

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1.2 Core concepts: animation data

1.3 Core concepts: animation blending

3.1 Introduction to the Animator component

3.2 Introduction to animation blending

3.3 Creating and configuring Animator States

3.4 Creating and configuring Blend Trees

3.5 Creating and configuring Transitions

3.6 Creating a State Machine

3.7 Creating and configuring Animator Layers

4.1 Introduction to general animation scripting

4.2 Introduction to Humanoid-specific animation scripting

Review the course structure, create a new Unity project, and download all required course assets.

Review core 3D animation concepts and set up a simple animation in the Unity Editor to prepare for the full course.

Review core 3D animation concepts and set up a simple animation in the Unity Editor to prepare for the Beginner 3D Animation course.

Review the core concepts underlying Unity's 3D animation systems, and explore practical examples provided in the course Unity project.

Course overview and core concepts

Review Animator Controller structure and learn when to use key Animator component properties.

Discover what animation blending is, how it works, and when to use it in Unity animation workflows.

Explore how Animator States define and control different animation behaviors in your characters.

Review the three Blend Tree types and learn to create and configure 1D, 2D, and Direct Blend Trees in Unity.

Discover how to switch Animator States in Unity by configuring and using Transitions.

Discover how to create State Machines as core structures in an Animator Controller for animation control.

Explore Animator Layers, their settings, and ways to blend and control multiple animations in Unity.

In this learning project, you'll get to know the Animator as you explore animation blending, State Machines and Animation Layers. 

By the end of the project, you'll have completed a comprehensive overview of Unity's 3D Animation Systems

The Animator

Learn animation scripting basics by reading and writing data on an Animator Controller with C#.

Examine humanoid rig–specific animation features as an introduction to Humanoid animation scripting with C# experience.

In this final learning project, you'll review the basics of general and Humanoid-specific animation scripting.

Introduction to animation scripting

In this course, you'll explore the fundamentals of Unity’s 3D animation systems. You will:

Review the core concepts for the animation systems in Unity

Connect those core concepts to the functionality of the Unity Editor

Apply your learning through creating and modifying simple animations

Review key principles of scripting for animation


By the end of this course, you'll be able to:

Confidently use Unity's 3D animation systems to create basic in-game (or in-app) animations for your own projects

Begin to create custom animation scripts, if you have relevant C# scripting experience for Unity.


This course is for intermediate and confident beginner users of Unity. It will help you develop your understanding of the animation systems in Unity, but will be of limited use to learners who want to create cinematic animations for media experiences or game cutscenes. 

To get the most out of the course, you’ll need basic coding experience in Unity. This will help inform your understanding of the complexity of different animations scripting scenarios.

Working with Assets

What you will learn