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Animated images are almost magical in their ability to capture our imagination. By telling a compelling story, astounding with special effects, or mesmerizing with abstract motion, animation can infuse a sequence of inert images with the illusion of life.
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OVERVIEW Animated images are almost magical in their ability to capture our imagination. By telling a compelling story, astounding with special effects, or mesmerizing with abstract motion, animation can infuse a sequence of inert images with the illusion of life. Creating this illusion, either by hand or with the assistance of computer software is not easy. Each individual image, or frame, in the animated sequence must blend seamlessly with the other images to create smooth and continuous motion that flows through time. Traditionally, animation has been created by drawing images at certain key points in the action. These images, known as keyframes, outline the motion for the sequence. Later, the images between the keyframes are filled in to complete the sequence, in a process called in-betweening. For example, to keyframe hitting a baseball, the animator would draw several key moments in the sequence such as the impact...
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