Everything You Must Know About 3D Animation and Animation Graphics
The art of 2D, bringing characters to life is immensely time consuming, and in parts, quite limited.
Artists are required to draw, by hand, a new picture for each and every single movement.
Called 'cell animation', each drawing has to be incredibly detailed and then collated consecutively to give the character its movement.
Because of this, 2D is often thought of as the 'true artists' field.
3D on the other hand, brings one more dimension to movement.
Each movement is called a 'frame' with each one moving gradually onto the next - giving it the illusion of movement and has only become possible with the advent of computers and complex software, which along with other things, cuts down on time and laborious task of hand drawings.
In a nutshell, 3D animation is the craft of making an inactive, one dimensional object move with the help of computer software.
The reality however is that it is time consuming, even with the help of computers.
Consider that the human eye can really only take in a minimum of 12 'frames' per second of film.
If a movie lasts 90 minutes this equates to about 65,000 individual drawings per movement, per character, not to mention backgrounds and other objects surrounding them.
It is not an easy task even with the calibre of technical support available.
3D animators are first required to create a framework or skeleton of each character or object which are often referred to as 'animated variables'.
From there these are improved, filled in, given expression, color, shading, lighting and emotion.
This part of the process is lengthy and even with vast teams working together, can take years to perfect.
Only when they are perfect in every detail can the animation process begin.
3D animation is also very expensive, requiring not only vast amounts of man hours but also highly sophisticated software, advanced workstations and special effect 'laboratories'.
It is possible to play around at home because of the fantastic and affordable 3D software available today.
With this you can produce your own show, but to produce a movie quality 3D production is something completely different and it is for this reason that it is considered a highly professional field.
When you consider how diverse the fields are and how many applications 3D animation can be used in, it is no wonder that it is a multi-billion dollar industry and such a sought after career.
Artists are required to draw, by hand, a new picture for each and every single movement.
Called 'cell animation', each drawing has to be incredibly detailed and then collated consecutively to give the character its movement.
Because of this, 2D is often thought of as the 'true artists' field.
3D on the other hand, brings one more dimension to movement.
Each movement is called a 'frame' with each one moving gradually onto the next - giving it the illusion of movement and has only become possible with the advent of computers and complex software, which along with other things, cuts down on time and laborious task of hand drawings.
In a nutshell, 3D animation is the craft of making an inactive, one dimensional object move with the help of computer software.
The reality however is that it is time consuming, even with the help of computers.
Consider that the human eye can really only take in a minimum of 12 'frames' per second of film.
If a movie lasts 90 minutes this equates to about 65,000 individual drawings per movement, per character, not to mention backgrounds and other objects surrounding them.
It is not an easy task even with the calibre of technical support available.
3D animators are first required to create a framework or skeleton of each character or object which are often referred to as 'animated variables'.
From there these are improved, filled in, given expression, color, shading, lighting and emotion.
This part of the process is lengthy and even with vast teams working together, can take years to perfect.
Only when they are perfect in every detail can the animation process begin.
3D animation is also very expensive, requiring not only vast amounts of man hours but also highly sophisticated software, advanced workstations and special effect 'laboratories'.
It is possible to play around at home because of the fantastic and affordable 3D software available today.
With this you can produce your own show, but to produce a movie quality 3D production is something completely different and it is for this reason that it is considered a highly professional field.
When you consider how diverse the fields are and how many applications 3D animation can be used in, it is no wonder that it is a multi-billion dollar industry and such a sought after career.