3D CGI Animation

3D CGI Animation

3D Animation is using 3D images to create an animation. Equipment needed is a computer and software for 3D animation.

Advantages of using 3D CGI Animation

-Can use the same images multiple times

-Saves time because you don't need to redraw each image

Disadvantages of using 3D CGI Animation

-Some software can be complicating 

-Equipment can be expensive

Pixar which is a company invented in 1985 created the first ever movie to use all CGI animation in 1995. Two well known examples of the technique are Toy Story and The Sponge bob Movie 

An example of 3D CGI Animation 

2D Computer Graphic Animation

2D Computer Graphic Animation

2D Computer Graphic Animation is the animation of 2D digital images. The equipment involved is a computer and different animation programs

Advantages to using 2D Computer Graphic Animation

-Do not need to keep drawing the same picture over and over again

-Less time consuming than drawing everything

Disadvantages to using 2D Computer Animation

-Expensive equipment

-More difficult than drawing the image

Early digital animation was developed at Bell Telephone Laboratories by 

-Edward E. Zajac, Frank W. Sinden, Kenneth C. Knowlton, and A. Michael Noll. 

In the 1960s

Two well known examples of 2D animation are Mario and Sonic

Below are examples of 2D Computer Graphic Animation

Flipbook

Flip book

A Flip book is a book with a series of slightly different images on each page and when a person flicks through the pages quickly it gives the illusion that the images are moving. the images can be created using anything you can draw with. The equipment needed is a note pad and something to draw with.

Advantages of using a Flip book

-Easy to gather the materials for the flip book

Disadvantages of using a Flip book

-Time consuming
-Need some artistic skill

The Flip book was invented in 1868 by John Barnes Linnett

Two well known example of a Flip book is a Man running and Images of things growing e.g. trees

A video of a working Flip book is in the link below