Animator

Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application  developed by Adobe Systemsand used in the post-production process of filmmaking and  television...

Autodesk Mudbox Mudbox is a proprietary computer-based 3D sculpting and painting tool. Currently  developed by Autodesk, Mudbox was created by Skymatter, founded by Tibor Madjar,  David Cardwell and Andrew...

ZBrush ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting.  It uses a proprietary "pixol" technology (see below) which stores lighting, color, material,  and...

Dynamic simulation Dynamic simulation (or dynamic system simulation) is the use of a computer program to  model the time varying behavior of a system. The systems are typically described byordinary  differential equations or partial...

Animation Animation is the process of creating motion and shape change[Note 1] illusion by means of  the rapid display of a sequence of static images that minimally differ from each other. The  illusion—as in...

Object animation Object animation is a form of stop motion animation that involves the animated movements  of any non-drawn objects such as toys, blocks, dolls, etc. which are not fullymalleable,  such as clay or wax,...

Stop motion animation Stop-motion animation is used to describe animation created by physically manipulating real-world objects and photographing them one frame of film at a time to create the illusion of movement. There are many different types...

Traditional animation Traditional animation (also called cel animation or hand-drawn animation) was the process used for most animated films of the 20th century. The individual frames of a traditionally animated film are photographs of drawings,...

Computer-assisted vs computer-generated animation To animate means "to give life to" and there are two basic ways that animators commonly do this. Computer-assisted animation is usually classed as two-dimensional (2D) animation. Creators drawings...

Realism in the future of computer animation Realism in computer animation can mean making each frame look photorealistic, in the sense that the scene is rendered to resemble a photograph, or to making the animation of characters believable and...

Modeling human faces Main article: Computer facial animation The realistic modeling of human facial features is both one of the most challenging and sought after elements in computer-generated imagery.Computer facial animation is a highly...

Computer animation development equipment Computer animation can be created with a computer and an animation software. Some impressive animation can be achieved even with basic programs; however, the rendering can take a lot of time on an ordinary...

Creating characters and objects on a computer 3D computer animation combines 3D models of objects and programmed or hand "keyframed" movement. These models are constructed out of geometrical vertices, faces, and edges in a 3D coordinate system. Objects...

Methods of animating virtual characters In most 3D computer animation systems, an animator creates a simplified representation of a character's anatomy, which is analogous to a skeleton or stick figure. The position of each segment...

Computer animation, or CGI animation, is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer-generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images while...