Hello folks,welcome to my info world.Starting my new blog today.I am an Animator and I would love to start my blog with some info about animation.So here we go.

Animation:

Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement.

It is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways.

The most common method of presenting animation is as a motion picture or video program, although several other forms of presenting animation also exist.

There are two forms of animation 2d(2 dimensional)animation,3d(3 dimensional)animation.

2D animation:

2D animation figures are created and/or edited on the computer using 2D bitmap graphics or created and edited using 2D vector graphics.

This includes automated computerized versions of traditional animation techniques such as of tweening, morphing, onion skinning and interpolated rotoscoping.

2d animation consists of 2 axis,the X axis and Y axis.

Examples:

Analog computer animation

Flash animation

PowerPoint animation

3D animation:

3D animation digital models manipulated by an animator. In order to manipulate a mesh, it is given a digital skeletal structure that can be used to control the mesh.

This process is called rigging. Various other techniques can be applied, such as mathematical functions (ex. gravity, particle simulations), simulated fur or hair, effects

such as fire and water and the use of Motion capture to name but a few, these techniques fall under the category of 3d dynamics. Many 3D animations are very believable

and are commonly used as Visual effects for recent movies.3d animation consists of the regular X axis and Y axis along with a most important one the Z axis or the depth.Which

makes the image more believable.Some of the 3d animated movies are Toy Story, Shrek,Ice age,Ratatouile.

2D animation techniques tend to focus on image manipulation while 3D techniques usually build virtual worlds in which characters and objects move and interact.3D animation can create images that seem real to the viewer.