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There is no users guide or manuel for MB3d, there are a few Tuts around on DeviantArt by Hal Tinney and others on basic use but not for animationa as far as I know. It's a fairly easy program to learn actually just by using it. I don't personally do animations but a good many members here do and if you just post questions you'd get plenty of feedback.

Hi there nanogirl. I'm afraid there is no animation tutorial, but I think the animation window is quite self-explanatory. Anyway feel free to ask any question...Or tell us about your animation project, maybe it's going to trigger something...

Hello and welcome to the forum  

Do you have any experience animating in any other software, fractal or other?

The simple explanation is to pick a starting point, click the little filmstrip with the numbers on it in the upper left to open the animation window, press the arrow to move the window data into the sequencer, go back to either the main window or the 3D Navigator (gives better animation paths with less "cutting" or "clipping" the actual object) and then move around a bit, set another keyframe  (these can be set directly from the navigator) and repeat!

When done, set an output folder, and click "start rendering animation images" then go get something to eat while it renders!

The resulting image sequence is then compiled in a program like VirtualDub, or any video editor that handles image sequences.

Hope that helps.

If you have other questions, feel free to ask!