Classical animation
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Classical animation is drawn animation and is the most traditional of all
animation techniques. Even though cut out, sand and colour animation also
involve the creation of the animation aslo involve the creation of the
animation on a flat plane of images which are modified little by little
continuously and the changes captured by a stop-frame camera pointing down
onto the horizontal frame, they are mere extensions to the traditional drawn
animation.
In classical animation, the drawings on papers are well drawn, |
therefore, it is a very tedious and time consuming progress as the rentire sequence
is drawn and painted frame by frame painstakingly with high precision. It requires
accurate planning, timing and co-ordination that's why Classical Animation often
involves many people working as a team.
Materials required for classical animation:
a) Pencils/ Markers/ Erasers
b) Ring file
c) A4 size paper
d) Lightbox
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Clay Animation
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Clay animation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece,
either character or background, is made up of a malleable substance, like
Plasticine clay. The portmanteau term "Claymation" is a registered trademark in
the United States, registered by Will Vinton in 1978 to describe his clay animated
films. While the word is not considered a genericized trademark, it has become a
trademark which is often used generically in the US, and is the predominent
term in the UK, to refer to any animation using plasticene like substance. |
All traditional animation is produced in a similar fashion, whether done through cel
animation or stop-motion. Each frame, or still picture, is recorded on film or digital
media and then played back in rapid succession. When played back at a frame rate greater
than 10-12 frames per second, a fairly convincing illusion of continuous motion is achieved.
While the play-back feature creating an illusion is true of all moving image (from zoetrope,
to films to videogames), the techniques involved in creating CGI are generally removed from
a frame-by-frame process.
In clay animation, which is one of the many forms of stop motion animation, each object is
sculpted in clay or a similarly pliable material such as Plasticine, usually around a wire
skeleton called an armature. As in other forms of object animation, the object is arranged
on the set (background), a film frame is taken and the object or character is then moved
slightly by hand. Another frame is taken and the object moved slightly again. This cycle is
repeated until the animator has achieved the desired amount of film. The human mind processes
the series of slightly changing, rapidly playing images as motion, hence making it appear that
the object is moving by itself. To achieve the best results, a consistent shooting environment
is needed to maintain the illusion of continuity. This means paying special attention to
maintaining consistent lighting and object placement and working in a calm environment.
Producing a stop motion animation using clay is extremely laborious. Normal film runs at 24
frames per second (frame/s).
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3D Animation
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3D animation are the animations that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric
data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering
2D images. Such images may be for later display or for real-time viewing. Despite these differences,
3D animations rely on many of the same algorithms as 2D animations
in the wire-frame model and 2D computer raster graphics in the final rendered display.
In computer graphics software, the distinction between 2D and |
| 3D is occasionally blurred;
2D applications may use 3D techniques to achieve effects such as lighting, and primarily
3D may use 2D rendering techniques. 3D animations are often referred to as 3D
models. Apart from the rendered graphic, the model is contained within the graphical data
file. However, there are differences. A 3D model is the mathematical representation of any
three-dimensional object (either inanimate or living). A model is not technically a graphic
until it is visually displayed. Due to 3D printing, 3D models are not confined to virtual
space. A model can be displayed visually as a two-dimensional image through a process called
3D rendering, or used in non-graphical computer simulations and calculations.
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Flash Animation
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A Flash animation or Flash cartoon is an animated film which is created using Adobe Flash
animation software and often distributed in the .swf file format. It can be created in Flash
or with other programs capable of writing .swf files. The term Flash animation not only refers
to the file format but to a certain kind of movement and visual style which, in many circles,
is seen as simplistic or unpolished.
However, with dozens of Flash animated television series,countless more Flash animated television
commercials,
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and award-winning online shorts in circulation, Flash animation is enjoying a renaissance.
Flash animations are typically distributed by way of the World Wide Web, in which case they are often
referred to as Internet cartoons, online cartoons, or webtoons. Web Flash animations may be interactive
and are often created in a series. A Flash animation is distinguished from a Webcomic, which is a comic
strip distributed via the Web, rather than an animated cartoon.
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