Animation is the art of creating moving images. It can be used to make a variety of effects, from simple cartoons to CGI. Animators use different techniques to produce animation, including stop motion, traditional animation, and computer animation. Stop motion involves taking photographs of an object’s every small increment of movement as it is manipulated between frames. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, many animations are made with CGI. Computer animation can be very detailed 3D animation, while 2D computer animation (which may have the look of traditional animation) can be used for stylistic reasons, low bandwidth, or faster real-time renderings.
