digital animation
Pixar's craft, essentially
Digital animation is the creation of moving images using computer software rather than hand-drawn frames or physical models.
The term encompasses various techniques—2D animation, 3D modeling, motion graphics—united by their reliance on digital tools.
Pixar revolutionized digital animation in the 1990s.
The field has largely displaced traditional cel animation in commercial filmmaking.
- tweeningAutomated in-between frame generation
- compositingCombining visual elements digitally
- BlenderFree 3D graphics software
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
- motion blurSmearing from movement
rigging · frame · video games · Unity · Houdini · interpolation · onion skinning · walk cycle · bounce back · motion capture · 3D modeling · follow-through · CGI · motion graphics · layer · keyframing · anticipation · puppet
- digital technologyinternet, software, streaming, computers, CGI
- Animation HistoryWalt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Steamboat Willie, Looney Tunes, golden age
- digital artrender, 3D modeling, graphic design, texturing, concept art
- Animation Termscels, inking, layering, keyframes, keyframing
- DisneyWalt Disney, Mickey Mouse, Disney, Minnie Mouse, Goofy
- interactive mediavideo games, video game, apps, interactive fiction, mobile apps
digital animationtraditional animation
Hand-drawn motion pictures
hand-drawn animation · cel animation · stop-motion animation · claymation · puppet animation
digital animationpractical effects
Non-digital film techniques
animatronics · puppetry · sculpture · painting · photography
digital animationdigital illustration
Artwork made on computers
digital painting · still image · digital photography · photograph