1. Make a model that you want to animate.
2. Make sure the animation slider is on 0.
Here are the next steps....

(after slider is on 0, make sure the H rotation is also set to 0, the press the record button.)
3.After doing this, drag the slider to 40(or double click it and type in 40)
4. Repeat this...

but set the H rotation to 360 and click apply then click the record button.
5. Go to render>render settings and do the fallowing....


6. Close this window and press Shift+R....
7. When if finishes rendering, open up the file in ImageReady, and save it as a GIF, add text, or w/e.
