Animation Techniques

アニメーション技法

Dictionary entry

  1. Cel Animation 1915–1990s / Technique

    The division-of-labor technique of painting only the moving parts on transparent celluloid layered over a still background. It defined the industrial structure of commercial animation for nearly a century.

  2. Stop Motion 1898– / Technique

    Moving puppets and models one frame at a time to give matter life. The faint tremor of handwork and the presence of real materials remain a charm CG cannot replace.

  3. Rotoscope 1915– / Technique

    Tracing live-action footage frame by frame. Patented by the Fleischers, it mixes the gravity of live action with the freedom of drawing into a distinctive wavering line.

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