Animation Articles

1). Which 3D Animation Software Should I Use? By : 3D Source
Do you just want to dabble or include a little 3D rendering in your website? Perhaps you are a 2D designer and want to start incorporating 3D in your illustration work. Maybe you have learned about 3D using free software and intend to pursue 3D as a career. Here we will go over the options available in three general sectors of the market: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
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2). Using Animation & Rich Media In Web Design By : Andy MacDonald
The use of special effects on web pages has literally exploded. Special effects are used either to draw potential client's attention to a web site or to show off technical expertise. However, many web site designers, graphic designers, and programmers, or HTML "newbie’s" often use special effects without considering how their target audience will react to them.
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3). Motion Capture-What and How By : YH Lee
What is Motion Capture (MoCap)? Why use Motion Capture? Why use Inner Esteem Motion Capture Library? What are the technologies used? How do we capture the motion/ performance? What is Motion Capture (MoCap)? Motion capture, also known as Performance Capture, is a technique of digitally recording the human body movement (or other movement) for analysis and playback.
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4). 3D Animation By : Jason Gluckman
3D animation deals with electronically produced computer-generated 3D imagery used in motion graphics and digital special effects. In this case, the animator creates a design style or concept that tries to visually interpret and convey the required information using both new and traditional animation techniques. The 3D animator will have to be well-acquainted.
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5). Using "3D" Virtual Reality To Present A Virtual Tour By : 3D Source
VRML, which stands for virtual reality markup language, is a technology for animation and 3D modeling that lets you create 3D scenes for websites. A special VRML browser plug in lets you control the viewing of VRML components on web sites. Panoramas are another type of virtual reality component, similar in some ways to VRML in that the user needs a special plug in to view and control the viewing of the panoramic virtual reality component.
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6). There is Something Different about Clay Animation By : Michael Connelly
A discussion on the topic of clay animation in advertising and how it has a unique attraction that pays off for any advertiser who uses it to promote their product.
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7). Indian Anime By : Sramana Mitra
An analysis of the animation film industry and the developments in India.
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8). Design considerations for animated web sites By : 3D Source
Bandwidth, which is the transfer rate of data to the user's browser, has hindered the development of websites with multiple media effects and enhancements. Many techniques and options are available to help keep website graphics and animation download time to a minimum and include use of tables, colour reduction and optimization of graphics, use of thumbnails, reuse of images, optimal placements of scripts, and selection of fast loading type of web browsers such as Firefox.
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9). Don't Alienate Your Audience: How Web Site Design Can Affect Your Profitability By : Susan Daffron
Although it's tempting to add every whiz-bang feature into a Web site, if you do, you are undoubtedly sacrificing profitability for "techno-appeal" that a lot of visitors won't appreciate and may even actively detest.
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10). Anime -- The Popular Animated Japanese Art And Artists By : Andrew Wills
Anime is, of course, an abbreviation of the word animation. All animation must first be hand-drawn by the artist, and these artists have mostly also done comic renditions for comic books and started out with that as their goal. The artist could have free reign to create whatever kind of characters they wanted. One of the most popular anime series is called Inuyasha, a feudal fairy tale.
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11). The Inspiration of Dragonball and Dragonball Z By : Andrew Wills
With Dragon Ball Z (or "Dragonball Z") hitting the top of the anime series charts, many anime fans have asked what it was that inspired the artist to create this truly exciting series. Dragon Ball Z has taken the world by storm and there is no question that Japanese manga artist, Akira Toriyama created an anime series that has been pure pleasure for fans throughout the world.
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12). Anime vs Manga By : Andrew Wills
If you are a manga fan and reading up on the latest anime and manga releases and the history of the subject, you will find there has been a lot of confusion between anime and manga. Suffice it to say that manga means Japanese comic books, or in other words, those drawn-on-paper cartoons originating in Japan. Anime is animation, or you could say, the animated versions of manga.
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13). Manga -- The Japanese Comic Book Era By : Andrew Wills
Manga is a Japanese word which when translated to English becomes comic book. Osamu Tezuka is referred to as the god of manga. The animated forms of manga have become very popular in the anime arena, but they began as comic books.
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14). Naruto -- Not Just Another Comic Story By : Andrew Wills
Naruto is one of the most popular manga and anime series around. At that time, this nasty fox was captured and its spirit was sealed in the body of a baby boy (our Naruto). What may have escaped some western Naruto fans is the interesting story of the fox. Fox myths abound in Japanese culture, dating back as far as the fifth century B.C.
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