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textures/
blocks/
block_name.png
flipbook_texture.json
flipbook_textures.json
manifest.json
```

1. Open the resource pack from the [Vanilla Minecraft sample packs](https://aka.ms/resourcepacktemplate).

2. Open the **textures** folder, then open the **blocks** folder. This is where the **.png** graphics files for blocks live.

3. Open the **flipbook_texture.json** file and take a look at the contents. There is a large list of different flipbook textures. Notice how different textures have different properties.
3. Open the **flipbook_textures.json** file and take a look at the contents. There is a large list of different flipbook textures. Notice how different textures have different properties.

Here are some examples:

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1. Inside the **animation_resource_pack**, open the **textures** folder.

2. Add a text file and name it **flipbook_texture.json**.
2. Add a text file and name it **flipbook_textures.json**.

3. Add this content, then save and close the file.

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## Add animation to a non-animated block: lapis lazuli ore

Let's build on the existing animation pack by replacing the contents of your animation resource pack's **flipbook_texture.json** file with this:
Let's build on the existing animation pack by replacing the contents of your animation resource pack's **flipbook_textures.json** file with this:

```json
[
Expand All @@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ The original Vanilla lapis ore texture file, **lapis_ore.png**, looks like this:

![Image of an unedited lapis\_ore.png file. It has only one frame.](Media/CreateAnimatedBlockTexture/lapis_ore.png)

The original file is 16 by 16 pixels. If we want to have a 6-frame animation like it says in the **flipbook_texture.json** file code (and we do), we need to open the graphic file and change the canvas size to be 96 pixels tall.
The original file is 16 by 16 pixels. If we want to have a 6-frame animation like it says in the **flipbook_textures.json** file code (and we do), we need to open the graphic file and change the canvas size to be 96 pixels tall.

![Image of lapis\_ore graphic file with the canvas size changed to be 96 pixels tall.](Media/CreateAnimatedBlockTexture/lapis_ore_16_by_96.png)

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Download the completed sample [Custom Die block resource pack and behavior pack](https://github.com/microsoft/minecraft-samples/tree/main/custom_blocks). You will need both the behavior pack and the resource pack for it to work.

Navigate to **resource pack > textures**, add a **flipbook_texture.json** file, and insert this code:
Navigate to **resource pack > textures**, add a **flipbook_textures.json** file, and insert this code:

```json
[
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## A Multi-faceted animation: the Command Block

For the purpose of this discussion, we are talking only about the basic "Vanilla" command block, not the ones with **conditional** or **chain** or **mipmap** in their names. They are all animated the same way. I'm mentioning this so that if you go digging for the code in the **flipbook_texture.json** file or for the graphics in the blocks folder of the Vanilla sample pack, you'll know to look for the ones whose names match the `"flipbook_texture":` line of the code.
For the purpose of this discussion, we are talking only about the basic "Vanilla" command block, not the ones with **conditional** or **chain** or **mipmap** in their names. They are all animated the same way. I'm mentioning this so that if you go digging for the code in the **flipbook_textures.json** file or for the graphics in the blocks folder of the Vanilla sample pack, you'll know to look for the ones whose names match the `"flipbook_texture":` line of the code.

If you take a really close look at a command block, you'll notice that the front, back, and sides of the block have different shapes with animated blinking dots on them.

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