Animation via pin that defines multiple key frames

A non-transitory computer readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code comprising:

• program code for receiving an input indicating a location of an animation pin on a timeline associated with an editing environment, a time period for an animation to be performed on a plurality of objects included in the animation environment, and a direction of the animation to be performed during a length of the time period;
• program code for recording a state of the plurality of objects in the editing environment in response to receiving the input indicating the location of the animation pin;
• program code for receiving a plurality of changes to the state of the plurality of objects;
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• program code for rendering the animation based at least in part on the recorded state, the plurality of changes to the state, and the direction of the animation.

A system comprising:

• a processor for executing instructions stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium on one or more devices;
• the instructions comprising one or more modules configured to perform the steps comprising:
• recording a state of a plurality of objects included in an animation environment, the state of the plurality of objects comprising at least one value associated with a plurality of properties of the plurality of objects;
• receiving a plurality of changes to the state of at least a subset of the plurality of objects;
• defining an animation of at least the subset of the plurality of objects based at least in part on the recorded state and the plurality of changes to the state of at least a subset of the plurality of objects over a time period in a uniform manner.