Traditional animation

Sommary

Traditional animation *

• Limited animation
• Rotoscoping
• Live-action/animation
• Inbetweening
• Flip book
• Hand-drawn 
• Animated drawings

Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping

Rotoscoping : is an animation technique in which animators trace over live-action film movement, frame by frame, for use in animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This projection equipment is called a rotoscope, although this device has been replaced by computers in recent years. In the visual effects industry, the term rotoscoping refers to the technique of manually creating a matte for an element on a live-action plate so it may be composited over another background.

Live action/Animation

Live action/Animation *

A live-action/animated film : is a motion picture that features a combination of real actors or elements: live-action and animated elements, typically interacting.

Intbetweening

Intbetweening *

Intbetweening :  An interpolation technique where an animation program generates extra frames between the key frames that the user has created. This gives smoother animation without the user having to draw every frame.

Flip book

Flip book *



A flip book (or flick book) : is a book with a series of pictures that vary gradually from one page to the next, so that when the pages are turned rapidly, the pictures appear to animate by simulating motion or some other change.

Animated drawings

Animated drawings *

Animated drawings : were originally done on paper. Pioneers such as Émile Cohl of France (Fantasmagorie, 1908) and Winsor McCay (Gertie the Dinosaur, 1914) of the United States worked with this medium, but there were problems inherent in paper's opacity. First, the artist couldn't keep the static parts of the drawing and change only the ones that moved. Second, there were problems with image stability and unavoidable jitter. Third, the perspective effects were limited.