Common animation concepts

Name	Description
• Transform Animation	Animation that moves, rotates, or scales the model object.
• Joint Animation • Skeletal Animation	Animation driven by controlling the model's skeleton (bones).
• Blend Shape Animation • Morph Target Animation	Animation driven by mesh deformation; called differently across DCC applications: • Maya: Blend Shape • 3ds Max: Morpher • Blender: Shape Keys • Cinema 4D: Pose Morph
• Vertex Animation • PLA (Point Level Animation)	Not currently supported. In some cases, this can be achieved using Morph Target Animation instead.