# How to Animate 3D Motion Using Timelines - Spline Academy (https://spline.design/academy/tutorials/how-to-animate-3d-motion-using-timelines)

> Learn how to use Spline’s new Timeline Animation feature to bring your 3D scenes to life! 🚀

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# How to Animate 3D Motion Using Timelines

Spline 3DAdvanced12 min

Learn how to use Spline’s new Timeline Animation feature to bring your 3D scenes to life! 🚀

This step-by-step tutorial covers everything you need to know to start animating objects, lights, and cameras directly inside Spline.

🔹 In this video you’ll learn:

- How to open the Timelines UI and navigate through its components
- How to use presets and create animations from scratch
- What properties you can animate
- Adding and editing keyframes
- Use the Timeline Animation Action
- Previewing and exporting your animation

## Related resources

- [Toruses - AnimTemplate](https://app.spline.design/academy/tutorials/how-to-animate-3d-motion-using-timelines?redirect-duplicate-template-uuid=550d374c-0bad-469d-a536-93b3bc084d47&is-2d-file=false)
- [Timeline Animation \[Beta\]Document](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/timeline-animation-beta)

## Overview

- Spline 3D
- 12 min
- Advanced

## Part of

- [Animation & Interactions in Spline](https://spline.design/academy/collections/animation-interactions-in-spline/how-to-animate-3d-motion-using-timelines)

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