Types of Animation

• Animation

  The process of creating the illusion of motion and change by rapidly displaying a sequence of images or frames
• To animate

  To give life to
• Persistence of Vision Theory

  • The brain retains an image for a fraction of second after it disappears from our sight
  • When a series of still images is shown in rapid succession, the brain blends them together, creating the illusion of continuous motion
• FPS

  • The number of individual frames (or still images) displayed or recorded per second to create the illusion of motion
  • A measure of the smoothness and fluidity of motion in an animation or video
• Types of Animation

  • Traditional Cel Animation
  • 2D Animation
  • 3D Animation
  • Typography Animation
  • Flipbook Animation
  • Stop Motion Animation
• Traditional Cel Animation

  • One of the oldest and most traditional forms of animation
  • Involves hand drawing every scene on clear celluloid sheets
  • The sheets with the painted background are placed one on top of the other
• 2D Animation

  • Involves creating movements using static images in two dimensions
  • Characters and backgrounds are drawn directly into the computer, and software assists in creating the animation by sequencing the drawings
• 3D Animation

  • Involves creating characters, objects, and environments in a three-dimensional digital space
  • Use specialized software like Blender to model, rig, animate, and render scenes
  • Used in animated films, video games, and visual effects for movies
• Typography Animation

  • Involves moving text with effects
  • Used in movies and other videos as title screens, intro segments, credits segments
• Flipbook Animation

  • A display that contains many pages, with each page being only slightly different than the next
  • When the pages are flipped at a rapid rate, the images appear to have movement
• Stop Motion Animation

  • Technique where the objects used in the scene are physically moved in every frame and photographed
  • These individual photographs are edited and created into a sequence to create an illusion of movement
  • Used in cartoons, short films, commercials, and other creative mediums
• Standard FPS is 24 fps
• Model

  The character
• Rig


  The movement of a character
• Rotoscope

  Technique of using live action models
• Stopmotion examples


  Claymation

  Puppetry

  Cut-out

  Silhouette
• Other Term for the Persistence of Vision Theory

  Persistence of Visual Perception
• Rotoscoping


  animation technique that traces over live-action footage to create realistic movements
• Other Term for Clear Celluloid Sheets

  acetate
• Rotoscoping


  technique used in animation and visual effects to trace over live-action footages to create realistic movement
• Modelling 


  process of creating a three-dimensional representation of an object or character by shaping and sculpting its geometry to achieved desired appearance
• Rigging 


  process of creating digital skeleton for a character or object to control the movement and deformation of the character
• Onion Skin 


  used to create a translucent guide to trace over frames