Amal's blog: D: Traditional Animation Types

1- Traditional or Cel Animation:

Cel animation, or hand-drawn animation is an animation technique where each frame is drawn by hand. A cel, short for celluloid, is a transparent sheet on which objects are drawn or painted for traditional, hand-drawn animation. Actual celluloid (consisting of cellulose nitrate and camphor) was used during the first half of the 20th century, but since it was flammable and dimensionally unstable it was largely replaced by cellulose acetate. With the advent of computer assisted animation production, the use of cels has been practically abandoned in major productions. Disney stopped using cels in 1990 when Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) replaced this element in their animation process.

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Cel animation:

Hand-Drawn Animation:

2- Stop-Motion Animation:

Stop-Motion is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames, creating the illusion of movement when the series of frames is played as a continuous sequence.

Examples:
-Clay Animation:

- Origami:

3- Drawn-on-Film Animation:

Drawn-on-film animation, also known as direct animation or animation without camera, is an animation technique where footage is produced by creating the images directly on film stock, as opposed to any other form of animation where the images or objects are photographed frame by frame with an animation camera.

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4-Animatronics:

Animatronics is the use of mechatronics to create machines which seem animate rather than robotic. Animatronic creations include animals (including dinosaurs), plants and even mythical creatures. Animatronics is mainly used in movie making, but also in theme parks and other forms of entertainment. Its main advantage over CGI and stop motion is that the simulated creature has a physical prescence moving in front of the camera in real time. The technology behind animatronics has become more advanced and sophisticated over the years, making the puppets even more realistic and lifelike.

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5- Digital 2D Animation:

2D Computer animation is the process used for generating animated images (frames)by using computer graphic. The more general term computer generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while computer animation only refers to moving images.