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Your First Animation: The Bouncing Ball
Animation BasicsBeginner20 min

Your First Animation: The Bouncing Ball

Victor

Victor

June 17, 2026 · 3 min read

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The bouncing ball is the "Hello, World" of animation. In this video tutorial you'll build a looping bouncing ball from scratch and pick up the core principles that apply to every animation you'll ever make in Sclera.

What You'll Learn

  • Creating your first project and scene in Sclera
  • How to set up layers to keep objects independently animatable
  • Drawing with the Circle and Rectangle tools
  • Adding and positioning keyframes on the timeline
  • Applying squash & stretch with the Transform tool to sell the impact
  • Creating tweens for smooth in-between motion
  • Adding Ease In / Ease Out to make motion feel physical and alive
  • Exporting your finished animation as an .mp4 video