# Preview animations

<span class="label label-doc-level">Intermediate</span>
<span class="label label-doc-audience">Designer</span>

After you [import an animation](import-animations.md), you can preview it in the **Asset Preview**.

<p>
<video autoplay loop class="responsive-video" poster="media\animations-import-animations-animation-preview.jpg">
       <source src="media\animations-import-animations-animation-preview.mp4" type="video/mp4">
</video>
</p>

By default, the Asset Preview is in the bottom-right under the **Asset Preview** tab.

![Asset Preview tab](media/animations-import-animations-asset-preview-tab.png)

>[!Tip]
>To rotate the animation, click and drag the mouse.  

The animation preview uses the model selected in the **preview model** in the **animation asset properties**.

## Set the preview model

1. In the **Asset View** (at the bottom by default), select the animation asset.

    ![Select asset](media/select-asset.png)

2. In the **Property Grid** (on the right by default), under **Preview model**, click ![Hand icon](~/manual/game-studio/media/hand-icon.png) (**Select an asset**).

    ![Select an asset](media/pick-an-asset-up.png)

    The **Select an asset** window opens.

3. Select the model you want to use to preview the animation.

    >[!Note]
    >Make sure the model and the animation share identical skeletons.

## See also

* [Animation index](index.md)
* [Import animations](import-animations.md)
* [Animation properties](animation-properties.md)
* [Set up animations](set-up-animations.md)
* [Animation scripts](animation-scripts.md)
* [Additive animation](additive-animation.md)
* [Procedural animation](procedural-animation.md)
* [Custom blend trees](custom-blend-trees.md)
* [Model node links](model-node-links.md)
* [custom attributes](custom-attributes.md)