In Maya and 3D s max, you have learnt about modeling and animation. When you start work in any 3D software, first of all you create basic model of your ideal character. Next it passes from several process, and able to call a perfect model. This model can be moved from one place to another for creating motion. This fantasy of motion is called simple animation. The animation is created with time slider placing on the lower side of the workspace. There are ker frames system and you can assign these keyframes on desired position for creating animation. The animation is just because of changing in the position of the object. You simply place the object at different position and assign key frames.
There are radio button system to play this animation. The Gif animation is also much similar to general animation. The Gif animation is mostly created for Cartoon and video games. Now a day it became popular for multimedia production as well as in educational projects. Here in this image, the chain is design and animated with continuous block of small pieces. Try it after this tutorial and surely you will make it perfect at home.
