Animation techniques

illusions or tricks to change appearance

animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own

art of creating moving images using computers

film technique where the frame rate is lower than that used to view the sequence

thumb|right|300px|A storyboard for The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd episode #408

thumb|Patent drawing for [[Max Fleischer's original rotoscope. The artist is drawing on a transparent easel, onto which the film projector at the right is beaming an image of a single film frame.]]

thumb|Characters in the animated series From Ilich to Kuzmich

apparent streaking of moving objects in a photograph or a sequence of frames, such as a film or animation

animation technique in which frames are hand-drawn

A thaumatrope is an optical toy that was introduced in 1825. When the strings attached to the small illustrated disk are twirled quickly between the fingers, the depicted elements on either side of the disk appear to blend into one image. It was explained as the result of visual impressions lingering in the mind for about one-eighth of a second after the image has been removed.

animation technique

simple drawing of a person or animal

drawing that defines the starting and ending points of a smooth animated transition

optical illusion that occurs when visual perception of an object does not cease for some time after the rays of light proceeding from it have ceased to enter the eye

Skeletal animation also known as rigging is used in 3D animation.

A brickfilm is a film or Internet video made by either shooting stop motion animation using construction set bricks like Lego bricks and minifigures or using computer-generated imagery or traditional animation to imitate the look. They can sometimes also be live action films featuring plastic construction toys (or representations of them). Since the 2000s The Lego Group has released various films and TV series and brickfilms have also become popular on social media websites. The term “brick film” was coined by Jason Rowoldt, founder of the website brickfilms.com.

thumb|350px|A cinemagraph; the grass in the foreground is moving slightly.

subgenre of horror fiction

manipulation of sand to create animation, by applying sand to a surface and then rendering images by drawing lines and figures in the sand with one's hands; a sand animation performer will often use the aid of an overhead projector or lightbox

animation using two-dimensional figures cut from paper and other materials

Disney's Basic Principles of Animation

animation technique which utilizes Adobe Flash software

animation technique that does not redraw entire frames, repeating some elements

Pixilation is a stop-motion technique in which live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. This technique is often used as a way to blend live-actors with animated ones in a movie. thumb|250px|In Hôtel électrique (1908), Julienne Mathieu's hair appears to brush itself, one of the first uses of stop-motion animation in film. Early examples of this technique are included in Segundo de Chomón's Cuisine magnétique and Hôtel électrique, both from 1908, and Émil

Inbetweening, also known as tweening, is a process in animation that involves creating intermediate frames, called inbetweens, between two keyframes. The intended result is to create the illusion of movement by smoothly transitioning one image into another.

animation technique using a screen of movable pins

CSS3 properties that would let some HTML elements animate

animation technique

style defined with "rubber hose limbs" that are typically simple, flowing curves, without articulation

animation technique

film animation post-production system developed by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Pixar

animation in which the characters are only visible as black silhouettes

specialized area of the animation process

technique used in creating animated cartoons and editing movies

person who creates storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions

animation technique

Scanimate is an analog computer animation (video synthesizer) system created by Lee Harrison III of Denver, Colorado. Harrison had developed its predecessor, ANIMAC, which generated used a motion capture system, based on a body suit with potentiometers. In contrast, Scanimate included TV technology. Scanimate's successor was called Caesar, and used a digital computer to control the analog system.

Live2D is an animation technique (not to be mistaken with software used to create Live2D animation such as Live2D Cubism) used to animate static images—usually anime-style characters—that involves separating an image into parts and animating each part accordingly, without the need of frame-by-frame animation or a 3D model. This enables characters to move using 2.5D movement while maintaining the original illustration.

animation technique

book by Richard Williams

method of animating computer generated imagery

type of film

framework around which a sculpture is built