# Animation basics

This C# Intermediate tutorial covers the basics of animation with Stride.

## Explanation

All animations exist as animation clips assets in your project. From there on we can start, pause and fade animations by using Stride's animation component.

> [!Video https://www.youtube.com/embed/o924grDYDjU]

## Code
[!code-csharp[AnimationBasics](../../../../stride/samples/Tutorials/CSharpIntermediate/CSharpIntermediate/CSharpIntermediate.Game/07_Animation/AnimationBasics.cs)]