# Craft Seamless 3D Loop Animations (https://academy.spline.design/tutorials/craft-seamless-3d-loop-animations)

> A video tutorial from the Spline Academy.

- Product: Spline 3D
- Level: beginner
- Duration: 10 min 51 s
- Published: 2024-05-23
- Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU
- Part of: [Animation & Interactions in Spline](https://academy.spline.design/collections/animation-interactions-in-spline.md)

## About this tutorial

3D loop animations are absolutely captivating, aren't they? You can easily make them using Spline.
Check Spline: https://spline.design/

In this video, we will walk you through the basic process and different ways of creating your very own loop animations - From how to make a simple object spin endlessly to how to get several objects to follow a loop path together!

Look at these examples made by our community members:

- Shiny Coins Loop by @arix
https://app.spline.design/community/file/0f65942f-025d-4cbd-9904-f38a58fc2e00

- Pyramid by @vitoria.topalova
https://app.spline.design/community/file/b1cd1622-7d5c-4636-b15a-6ff9ee218892

- Loop animation by @aximoris
https://app.spline.design/community/file/a1ee6f4f-6726-4491-806e-0283a2016cf0

-  Logo by @realitydesigners
https://app.spline.design/community/file/a4bbe2cc-e297-4852-b12b-cd4b09b0836c

- Glass Loader by @chrisgannon
https://app.spline.design/community/file/4383498e-281b-4086-9243-6c18b8855fac

- The Eternal Orb Loop by @sanny.verkissen
https://app.spline.design/community/file/d464c137-bdc1-4b67-8b11-2b84fc0a3ef6

- Cubic by @kamilkoziel
https://app.spline.design/community/file/927883a9-fc91-4de7-a434-ecf48acf819c

- Flowering by @acidu
https://app.spline.design/community/file/28d9fea7-334b-42c8-9a3d-8dbc7faf1d06

Find more at https://community.spline.design/

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=0s) Intro
- [0:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=25s) Loop Rotation - Coin
- [2:06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=126s) Floating Cube Loop
- [4:01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=241s) Scale Animation Loop - Inflatable Sphere
- [5:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=307s) Spinning Movement - Cycle/Loader Loop
- [7:29](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=449s) Loop Aligned to a Path
- [9:31](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=571s) ⭐Tip: Animated Turntable
- [10:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUamUyt7EDU&t=636s) Community Inspiration

## Related documentation

- [How state-based animation works](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/how-state-based-animation-works)
- [3D Paths](https://docs.spline.design/designing-in-3-d/3d-paths#align-objects-to-3d-paths)
- [Transition Action](https://docs.spline.design/interaction-states-events-and-actions/actions/transition-action)