AniMate takes a building block approach. Animations are broken down into editable chunks (that we call aniBlocks, short for "animation building blocks") that can be stored and reused just like video clips. Animations are assembled by stacking aniBlocks in the aniTimeline. AniBlocks can be dragged around and rearranged inside the timeline and they are always automatically blended one to another. AniBlocks can be trimmed, cropped, split and combined to create just the effect you need, or to create completely new aniBlocks.