I am a newbie and this may be obvious but I can't work it out yet. I want two or more characters in a scene. I want one to walk in while other do not walk on to the scene until a later time. At the moment I cannot see how I can move these characters into the scene without them doing it from the beginning with the first character. What am I missing here?

An object (i.e. Character or Prop) will always move from one transform key to the next.

To keep an object stationary:
Place object on stage.
Move timeline to one frame before you want the object to start to move (say frame 50).
Place a transform key at that frame for you object.
Move timeline forward to end point of move (say frame 100).
Move object to end location.

Now when you play the animation you will see the object stationary from frames 1 to 50 since the transform key at frame 1 and frame 50 are the same. Starting at frame 51 the object will start to transition to the end point loation at frame 100.

Check out the online help and also some of the RL tuts on youtube like these:
Basic Timeline Animation
Simple Walking Animation

Jeff



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