What is 3D Animation?

Do not be fooled by the seemingly simplicity of this inquiry.

I was really quite tempted not to write this condition because it’s such a hard topic to write on. It can be answered as complicated as you want it to be or as small as you desire. The thing is, I need to let clients know how complicated the process is, but not to let them walk away confused. Saying that, I will try my best to answer this inquiry in the most concise but uncomplicated way possible.

In a nutshell, pad 3D animation refers to the work of making moving cinema in a digital background that is three-dimensional. Through the careful management of objects (3D models) within the 3D software, we can then export picture sequences which will give the illusion of movement (animation) based on how we manipulate the objects.

What happens in animation is that motion is simulated in a way that the eyes tend to believe that actual motion has taken place while the fact is the perceived sense of motion is only because of the consecutive images that are passed through very quick.

This theory is inherent be it for 3D, 2D or stop motion animation.

In traditional 2D animation, cinema are hand-drawn and every one screening subtle changes from the previous. When played back one after the other, it makes the illusion of motion. In stop motion animation, real life models are went vaguely and filmed. Again, the cinema will make the illusion of motion when played back. In 3D animation, everything is done within the pad and exported from the pad.

The process of making 3D animation can be one after the other divided into three phases: modeling – which describes the process of making the 3D objects within a scene, layout and animation – which describes how objects are positioned and animated within a scene, and rendering – which describes the final output of the concluded pad graphics. Through the combination of the above phases and a few other sub-phases, this completes the process of a 3D animation manufacture.

There are many software in the market for making 3D animation, ranging from the cheaper lower-end ones to the qualified high-end versions. If you are curious to see how a 3D software works, you can download a free one called Blender. Just Google it and you will be able to find its official website.

This condition was written by Aldric Chang – a creative manufacturer who is active in music composing and manufacture, internet marketing, casual games manufacture, animation manufacture, cartoon manufacture and character licensing. His 3d animation studio – Mediafreaks – is focused on producing high-end animation work for documentary producers, advertising houses and cartoon animated series – with projects ranging from the animation of dinosaurs to the visualization of natural disasters and a touch as chic as 3d bracelets animations or as intricate as 3d health check animation.

Author: Aldric Chang
Condition Source: EzineArticles.com
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