start animation at frame 0 or frame 1?

[Julian Darley]

hi chris,

i am little confused about which frame to start the animation on. i had thought that blender was following film animation protocol. film cannot have a frame 0, it must start physically at frame 1. i notice too that if i load the Factory Settings into both Blender 2.79 and 2.80 beta, the playhead defaults to frame 1. 

the shortcut shift + left arrow returns the playhead to frame 1, not frame 0, though arguably this is determined by whatever the ‘Start’ parameter is and can easily be changed.

i would be most grateful to know what the right way is or if there is a choice, then what factors should influence that choice. 

thanks,

julian

[david073]

I’m looking forward to seeing answers to questions, dear instructors.

[Alexander Tokarev]

Here’s the most convincing answer to 0/1 question I know at the moment:

https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/31335/does-keyframe-0-have-a-special-use-case-in-blender

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