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Animation: An Overview
posted by Irfan Kazi, Animator

Animation is the creating of a timed sequence or series of graphic images or frames together to give the appearance of continuous movement. Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit, then photographing the result with a special animation camera.

Changing the frames with respect to time is a definition of the traditional animation. It adds spice to the web. The use of animation for web is a critical question. It has to go along the theme and the nature of the web. Flash is a keyword for animation today.

Types of Animation

• 2D Animation and
• 3D animation

2D Animation :- 2D Animation is also known as classical Animation.This expresses a measurement with two dimensions on a flat plane. These dimensions run on an X an Y scale.

3D computer graphics are works of graphic art that were created with the aid of digital computers and specialized 3D softwares. In general, the term may also refer to the process of creating such graphics, or the field of study of 3D computer graphic techniques and its related technology.

3D computer graphics are different from 2D computer graphics. 2D in that a three-dimensional representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images.
In general, the art of 3D modeling, which prepares geometric data for 3D computer graphics is a skill to sculpting or photography, while the art of 2D graphics is analogous to painting. However, 3D computer graphics relies on many of the same algorithms as 2D computer graphics.
In computer graphics software, this distinction is occasionally blurred; some 2D applications use 3D techniques to achieve certain effects such as lighting, while some primarily 3D applications make use of 2D visual techniques. 2D graphics is a subset of 3D graphics.

What is 3D inside Computer
Everybody knows what 3D is, but what is it in a computer? 3D is generally what is used to refer to the capabilities of the video card. Today's video cards use a variety of instructions built into the video card itself (not software) to achieve more realistic graphics in computer games that appear to have depth. Most of today's video cards have these capabilities, but there are incredibly large differences between specific cards. That's why you need to read the Video Card recommendations.

Uses of 3d softwares

• Television, film,commercials,and illustration
• Interactive media
• Engineering

3d Model