Copy Animation Data from One Object to Another in Blender: Easy Tutorial

The menu method

• Select the object you want to animate, then select the object you want to copy animation from

• Got to Object > Link/Transfer Data > Link Animation Data
• The animation data is now linked, changing the animation on one object also changes the animation on the other
• To corrects this, make the object copied animation data to ‘Single User’. On the top menu, simply go to Object > Relations > Make Single User > Object Animation
• Now you can edit the animation of each object without affecting the other

The shortcut method

• Select the object you want to animate, then select the object you want to copy animation from
• Press Ctrl + L, and from the dropdown, select ‘Link Animation Data’
• The animation data is now linked, changing the animation on one object also changes the animation on the other
• To corrects this, make the object copied animation data to ‘Single User’. On the top menu, simply go to Object > Relations > Make Single User > Object Animation
• Now you can edit the animation of each object without affecting the other in Blender.

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