# Animate Clones for 3D Motion Graphics (https://academy.spline.design/collections/spline-advanced-feature-deep-dive/animate-clones-for-3d-motion-graphics)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: intermediate
- Duration: 24 min 52 s
- Published: 2022-12-06
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc
- Part of: [Spline Advanced | Feature Deep Dive](https://academy.spline.design/collections/spline-advanced-feature-deep-dive.md)

## About this tutorial

Hello! In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the new cloner system on Spline to animate clones and create motion graphics/designs.

Demo scenes:
1. Flower
Demo: https://my.spline.design/clonerflower-207887dfeb79bbff4e5eece0f1f8c6e8/
Remix: https://app.spline.design/file/85b95b4e-b852-4ba0-9d9d-7621d9a9ced2

2. Cloner cubes
Demo: http://my.spline.design/clonercubebinary-8188bb46b62f5b0cbdafa809674b5a28/
Remix: http://app.spline.design/file/d6b3a422-eb38-486a-8ef3-071d0589196f

3. Dark City
Demo: https://my.spline.design/clonercity-5b6ad09d9a568bfc3629559a9a6458ec/
Remix: https://app.spline.design/file/990f6500-058b-46c5-a71e-f8aae2adcdf2

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=0s) Introduction
- [0:23](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=23s) Linear clones
- [2:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=120s) Radial clones
- [3:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=194s) Grid clones
- [4:12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=252s) Randomness
- [5:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=315s) Animation and movement with noise scale
- [7:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=420s) Duplicating clones
- [8:40](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=520s) Adding depth to the clones
- [10:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=618s) Animating rotation values
- [10:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=645s) Using the scale to create detail or waves
- [11:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=685s) Cloning over a surface
- [12:45](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=765s) Cloning on polygons, edges, and vertices
- [13:30](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=810s) Alignment
- [14:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=875s) Exploring spherical effects
- [16:46](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=1006s) Cloning groups
- [19:53](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=1193s) Case Study: How to simulate grass
- [21:28](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=1288s) Case Study: Organic movements
- [22:41](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=1361s) Case Study: 2d effects
- [23:14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhIDqxCG5Cc&t=1394s) Case Study: Complex city-like clones

## Related documentation

- [Cloner Motion](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/cloner-motion)
- [How state-based animation works](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)
- [Transition Action](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/actions/transition-action)