# How do I animate an object in matinee & blueprints?

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**Category:** Character & Animation\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, play, question\
**Created:** [July 22, 2014, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-animate-an-object-in-matinee-blueprints/288952 "2014-07-22T19:02:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![TJ\_V](https://d1ap1mz92jnks1.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.unrealengine.com/tj_v/32/1008648_2.png) [@TJ\_V](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/TJ_V)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-do-i-animate-an-object-in-matinee-blueprints/288952/2 "2014-07-22T21:12:47Z")

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Hi Wrekk,

You can either using our Matinee Animation Tool or use Blueprints to drive animation. We have tons of documentation that you can reference for this. Also take a look through the Content Examples that you can download from the Launcher to see some of this in action.

Here is info on using our Matinee Animation Tool:

> **[Animating Characters and Objects](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/animating-characters-and-objects-in-unreal-engine/)**
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> Explore Unreal Engine's animation and cinematic tools.

And here is some info on using Blueprints to drive object movement:

> **[Animation Blueprints](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/animation-blueprints-in-unreal-engine/)**
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> Animation Blueprints are visual scripts that are used for the creation and control of complex animation behaviors.

[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/Blueprints\_Advanced/2\_1/index.html](https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/Blueprints_Advanced/2_1/index.html)  
[https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/Blueprints\_Advanced/2\_4/index.html](https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Resources/ContentExamples/Blueprints_Advanced/2_4/index.html)

Another great place to start is our Wiki tutorials.

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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> After over a year in maintenance mode, the official Unreal Engine Wiki is now permanently offline. These resources now live on a new community-run Unreal Engine Community Wiki — https://unrealcommunity.wiki/! You will be able to find content from...

I hope it helps, TJ

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