Animation

• Different types of animation include Motion Capture, Stop-Frame and Motion Tweening
• Motion capture is the process of recording the movement of objects or people
• Motion Capture is done by recording the actions of human actors to animate digital characters
• Motion Capture can animate digital characters in 2D or 3D computer animation
• Motion Capture is usually used in the film industry
• An advantage of Motion Capture is it has a level or realism which is difficult to match using most other animation methods
• A disadvantage of Motion Capture is that it requires specialist software and uses expensive equipment
• A disadvantage of Motion Capture is that it can only recreate human abilities which can be restrictive
• A disadvantage of Motion Capture is that is has huge amounts of data which needs to be processed to create an animation
• Stop-Frame is an animation technique in which an object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames
• Stop-Frames create the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence
• an advantage of stop frame is that software packages are widely available and easy to use
• An advantage of Stop frame is that it is low cost for hardware
• An advantage of Stop Frame is that the process of animation is simple
• A disadvantage of Stop Frame is that it is a very time consuming process for longer animations
• A disadvantage for Stop Frame is that the quality is limited by the quality of the model and accuracy of the movement
• Motion Tweening is the process of generating intermediate frames between two images
• Motion Tweening gives the appearance that an initial image is evolving smoothly into a second image
• A very common software package used to create motion tween animations is Adobe Flash
• An advantage of motion tweening is that frames can be quickly animated and is less time consuming than stop frame
• A disadvantage of motion tweening is that it is a very time consuming process for a long animation
• A disadvantage of motion tweening is that it is difficult to use due to complex paths