Adding audio

This is my favorite part of the animation process because adding audio to the scene early on allows me to create a better visual sequence. Often, our animated experiences are driven by sounds that immerse our ears in each event on the screen. Using audio, you can set the tone and communicate shifts and actions without having to use words or extensive visuals. For this animated sequence, I wanted to stay simple, sweet, and efficient. Therefore, I decided to set the audio track based on the tones and shifts that take place on the screen. This ultimately required me to choose three different soundtracks/audio files that could highlight those tone shifts.

To create an audio track (Figure 13.3) for our animated sequence, follow these steps:

1. In our animation timeline, create a new Audio Track.
2. Find the Dreams Of Her Best Friend audio file and place it in the Audio Track.
3. Set the start time to 0.
4. Set the duration to 17.46667.
5. Find the exploration_2B...