animation techniques

Stop Motion Animation

Stop-motion animation, is the term used to describe animation created by physically manipulating real-world objects and photographing them one frame of film at a time to create the illusion of movement.

There are many different types of stop-motion animation, usually named after the type of media used to create the animation, these include:

•Cutout animation

•Claymation animation

•Model animation (like the classic King-Kong)

•Object animation

•Puppet animation

Computer animation

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•Computer animation encompasses a variety of techniques, the unifying idea being that the animation is created digitally on a computer.

•The term covers 2D animation using Flash to the CGI techniques used in Pixar’s many successful films.