2D Animation

By: Hessah Malallah & Jawaher Ali-Reda

Definition
To Animate is literally to give life to Animation is about fooling the eye of the audience to believe that they are witnessing continuous motion when in fact it is only a s-e-r-i-e-s of images being alternated

Table of Contents
History of Animation Animation Process Japanimation Animation Programs Animation Scripting Tools Required Animation Hardware Recommended Computer Hardware Bibliography

Traditional Hand-Drawn Animation

1880s Zeotrope Wheel of Life Flip Book 1890 Meleis camera shots for motion (still used) Winsor McCay first in color animation 1910 John Bray Disney sound and base for all animation. Walt Disney gave us the road to the final picture.

Computer Animation from Stop-Motion Animation

Manipulation of identifiable objects
o Puppet Animation o Claymation o Pinhead Animation o Sand Animation

Animation Production
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Presentations are made of many Acts that involve Scenes that are made of Shots that consist of a number of Frames

Conventional Animation Process

Preliminary Story Story Board Development Computer Based Detailed Story Animation borrowed Key Frames only a few of these processes because Test Shot technology has Pencil Test replaced some In-betweening processes and integrated others. Inking Coloring Timing, characterization and Editing

Japanimation
Jap-Tech
Chibi Video Games American Adoption

Chibi Vs Japanimation
Japanimation was later split into Chibi and

Japanimation Below are 2 Chibis you can compare to the Japanimation of the same character

Animation Programs
There are different programs that are used for different purposes, such as: for making the graphics for sound for motion for the final picture

Photoshop Deluxe & GIMP CakeWalk Animo V.5 Ax-Cel

Animation Scripting Tools

Graphic Frames Rendering Servers

Required Animation Hardware

Graphics or Game Card for Laptops 1024X768 to 1280X1024 Pixel Compatible Screen External Mouse Pen Mouse and Tablet

Computer Hardware Recommended

External Screen if less than required resolution is available Transparency outliner Scanner High resolution printer

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Bibliography
http://www.sce.ohio-stat .edu/~parent/book /Intro.html

http://www.google.com picture directory

http://www.nittlegrasper .com