This chapter explains how to achieve interesting effects with animations and covers the following recipes:

• Using Animation Events to trigger sound and visual effects
• Creating camera shakes with the Animation View and the Animator Controller
• Using the Animation View to animate public script variables
• Using additive Mecanim layers to add extra motion to a character
• Using Blend Shapes to morph an object into another one
• Using wind emitters to create motion for foliage and particle systems
• Using sprite sheets to animate particles
• Animating properties of a particle system with the Animation View
• Using waveform of a sound clip to animate objects in the scene
• Creating a day and night cycle with the Animation View