This describes the basic concepts of Animation, especially for Under Graduate Students who are exposed to Computer Vision and Graphics.

1. Animations
Adri Jovin J.J.
Assistant Professor
Department of Information Technology
Sri Ramakrishna Institute of Technology
Coimbatore

2. Animation Design Steps
• Storyboard Layout
• Object Definitions
• Keyframe Specification
• Generation of in-between frames
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3. Storyboard
• Storyboard is an outline of the action
• Defines the motion sequence as a set of basic
events that are to take place
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4. Object Definition
• Object definition is given for each participant
in the action
• Basic shapes, such as polygons or splines
• Associated movements for each object are
specified along with the shape.
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5. Keyframe
• Keyframe is a detailed drawing of the scene at
a certain time in the animation sequence
• Each object is positioned according to the
time for that frame
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6. In-betweens
• In-betweens are the intermediate frames
between the key frames
• Determined by the media to be used to
display the animation
– Film : 24 fps
– Graphics Terminals : 30 to 60 fps
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7. Other Tasks
• Motion Verification
• Editing and Production
• Synchronization of Sound Track
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8. General Computer Animation
• Some steps in the development of an
animation sequence are well-suited to
computer solution.
– Object Manipulation and Rendering
– Camera Motions ( Zooming, Tilting etc..)
– Generation of In-betweens
– Store and Manage Object Database
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9. Raster Animations
• On raster systems, we can generate real-time
animation in limited applications using raster
operations.
• Simple 2D/ 3D transformations
• Color Table Transformation
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10. Key-frame Systems
• Morphing
– Transformation of object shapes from one form to another
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11. Morphing
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12. References
• Donald Hearn, Pauline Baker, Computer
Graphics – C Version, Second Edition, Pearson
Education, 2004.
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