Is there a way to fade into an animation?

Unity Engine
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I have an animation that I want to play when a player opens a door. If the player is facing / walking backward and they hit the trigger for the animation, the camera snaps to the first frame. Would there be a way to turn them around and then play the animation? Or to “smooth” into the animation from whatever angle the camera is at?
Please help! I’ve been looking online for hours to no avail.

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The best method I know of is to create a turning animation, and use that as a transition state from facing away to opening the door.

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To supplement theANMATOR2b’s good answer, you might want to use target matching to ensure that the player ends up in front of the door. In any event, you’ll probably need a script to play a turning-in-place animation until the player is facing the right direction, or until the player cancels the action by moving away.

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