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Animation BasicsBeginner20 min
Your First Animation: The Bouncing Ball
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