An animation is a series of images that, when viewed in rapid succession, create the illusion of movement through a scene.
To create an animation, you need to draw a path through your 2D plan for the camera to follow. Once the path has been drawn you can change it if you want, and even enhance it with sound. You can draw more than one path if you want, and specify the order of paths for the camera to follow. You then use the Preview Animation tool to view the resulting animation.
Animations can be output to an AVI file. You can control the animation’s speed, video compression, frame size and frame rate. You can also opt to ray trace the animation for optimal effect.