Animation is essentially the presentation of images in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement, and there are many ways that this can be done, from traditional hand-dr ...

2D animation is rapidly becoming a required skill set for filmmakers and artists. Many diverse industries—such as business, the entertainment industry, and the legal and medical industries—look to 2D ...

In the early days of 2D animation, each frame was hand drawn or painted. The next sheet of paper would be placed on top and the drawing would be changed slightly. This is repeated so that when put ...

Narrator: When the animation process for Netflix's "Klaus" began, it looked something like this. It eventually started looking like a pretty impressive 2D film. But then the animators went one ...

The director and producer talk about wrangling multiple software tools and animation techniques along with student schedules in order to finish their short film.

Following is the transcript of the video. Narrator: This is 2D hand-drawn animation. [horns toot] And this is 3D computer-generated animation. But many films actually fall somewhere in between ...

Traditionally, 2D animation involved paper and transparent animation cells being photographed frame by frame by a film camera. Like all forms of animation this process is time intensive but it is ...