Bouncing ball

Drop a ball on the floor

Prerequisites

• Blender model of a ball
• Blender model of a floor

Task

• Create a scene with a ball in the air, above the floor.

• Animate the ball dropping onto the floor.

  • Set the framerate.
  • Set the final frame.
  • Add, move or delete location and rotation keyframes to animate the timing and rhythm of the ball falling on the floor and bouncing coming to a full stop.
  • Adjust the keyframes taking spacing into account when the ball drops on the floor. Think about mass and gravity and whether the ball will drop in a linear way or splined.
  • Add or adjust keyframes and squeeze and stretch the ball when it hits the floor or bounces off.
  • Add Interpolation modes and have the ball follow a nice curve.
  • Use the Graph Editor to polish the animation by changing the keyframe handles and adding interpolation modes.