This chapter explains the essentials of working with animations in Unity and covers the following topics:

• Importing skeletal animations
• Configuring generic and humanoid rigs
• Creating and assigning an Animator Controller
• Creating animation transitions in Animator Controller
• Using parameters to control the animation flow
• Using animations from multiple assets
• Looping mirroring and offsetting animations
• Adjusting the playback speed of animations
• Using override Animator Controllers to animate different types of characters
• Importing object animation from a 3D package