Set up an effects channel:
1 On the Material Editor toolbar, click the Material ID Channel flyout,
and choose channel 1.
Later in this tutorial, you'll use the channel number to create a glow.
2 Close the Material Editor.
Animating the Asteroid
Now you’ll animate the asteroid so it tumbles before it’s hit by the laserblast.
Animate the asteroid:
1 Turn on Auto Key, if it is not already on.
2 Activate the Camera viewport and move the time slider to frame 0.
3 Select And Move the asteroid down in the Z axis approximately
− 135 units, or until it is positioned just inside the camera’s view.
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