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What Is Animation

Animation:

We are aware of our world today, when the producers of Barbie started production,a lot of things was hidden for our benefit,but we can see that somehow,someway someone has discovered the hidden secret an GOD bless them,has shown us how to animate.

Animation has allowed storytellers to tell stories in unique ways. The visceral fantastical worlds in animated films can reignite inspiration and the magic of stories no matter what age. So if you’re a storyteller, or want to be, the animation is a great place to start.

Most of the advertising,educational,informational videos on all kinds of social handles are animation video.

What Is Animation?

Animation is a method of photographing successive drawings, models, or even puppets, to create an illusion of movement in a sequence. Because our eyes can only retain an image for 1/16 of a second, when multiple images appear in fast succession, the brain blends them into a single moving image.

The simulation of movement created by a series of pictures is animation.

Early cartoons are examples of this, but today, most animation is made with computer-generated imagery or CGI.

There are several types of animation that employ different techniques to achieve their desired effect.

Different Types of Animation:

• Traditional Animation

• 2D Animation (Vector-based)

• 3D Animation

• Motion Graphics

• Stop Motion

Traditional Animation

This is one of the oldest forms of animation in film. It’s sometimes called cel animation. As mentioned above, in traditional animation objects are drawn on celluloid transparent paper. In order to create the animation sequence, the animator must draw every frame. It’s the same mechanism as a flipbook just on a grander scale. 

Traditional is most often 2D animation. Aladdin, The Lion King, and other earlier cartoons are the best examples of this. *Though, not all 2D is traditional. But we'll get to that in a minute. 

In the earlier years of traditional animation, the animator would draw on a table that had a light inside of it, so the creator could see his or her previous animation. While traditional animation is not nearly as prevalent today, drawings are generally done on tablets. And manual coloring hasn’t been used by Disney since The Little Mermaid in 1989. 

2D Animation (Vector)

2D animation can fall under traditional animation like most early Disney movies ---Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc. But there is something called Vector-based animation that can be 2D and not considered traditional.

With Vector-based, the motion here can be controlled by vectors rather than pixels.

What the heck does that mean?

Images with familiar formats like JPG, GIF, BMP, are pixel images. These images cannot be enlarged or shrunk without affecting image quality. Vector graphics don’t need to worry about resolution. Vectors are characterized by pathways with various start and end points, lines connecting these points to build the graphic. Shapes can be created to form a character or other image.

Vector-based animation uses mathematical values to resize images, so motion is smooth. They can re-use these creations so the animator doesn’t need to keep drawing the same characters over and over again. You can move around these vectors and animate that way. 

This is also helpful for animators who aren’t the best drawers. Yes, these people exist. 

3D Animation

Today, 3D animation or computer animation is the most common type. But just because computers have stepped in instead of actual drawings, it’s not necessarily easier. The computer is just another tool, and 3D animation is still a long, intense process. 

In 3D animation, the animator uses a program to move the character’s body parts around. They set their digital frames when all of the parts of the character are in the right position. They do this for each frame, and the computer calculates the motion from each frame. Animators adjust and tweak the curvatures and movements their characters make throughout. From Toy Story in 1995 to today’s Coco, 3D animation has become synonymous with “animation.”

3D animation is also unique in that, unlike 2D, or other traditional methods, the character’s entire body is always visible. If a character turns to the side, the animator only needs to draw the side profile in 2D animation, but in 3D, the entire body still needs to be visible. So again, even though computers are being used, with new technology comes with way more considerations.

Whether you’re using drawing in 2D or computing in 3D, animators and filmmakers alike look to storyboards to plan out each frame. Unlike live- action, animation movies can’t rely on camera tricks in a shot. Storyboards are the lifeline for creating animation.

Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics are pieces are digital graphics that create the illusion of motion usually for ads, title sequences in films, but ultimately exist to communicate something to the viewer. They’re often combined with sound for multimedia projects. They’re a type of animation used mostly in business, usually with text as a main player. Below are a few examples of motion graphic animation, using the top trends of today.

Stop Motion

Stop motion animation encompasses claymation, pixelation, object-motion, cutout animation, and more. But the basic mechanics are similar to traditional animation or a flipbook. However, instead of drawings, stop motion adjusts physical objects in each frame. If moved in small increments, captured one frame at a time, the illusion of motion is produced.  Whether puppets, clay, or even real people, these manual adjustments can make it a long, arduous process. Wallace and Gromit, Chicken Run, and Nightmare Before Christmas are all great examples of stop motion animation films.

Stop motion is definitely an older form of animation, especially compared to 3D computer animation. But the concept of animating pictures dates back way before Disney or Pixar.

The coolest part about animation is its accessibility to anyone who wants to create. Sure, many types of animation require the creator to be a great artist, but stop motion isn’t one of those. And you don’t need fancy equipment to pull it off either.

Apps For Animation

• Plotagon(Free,but only works for a Phone Memory with 2GBRAM)

• Legend(Free,works on any Android Device)

• Inshot(Free,works on any Android Device)
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