animation Definition
ani·ma·tion (an′i mā′s̸hən)
noun
- an animating or being animated
- an animate condition; life
- vivacity; brisk, lively quality
- the preparation of animated cartoons
- animated cartoon
animation Usage Examples
Converse of object
- suspend: Perhaps a kind of suspended animation, yet many pieces being put into place which lay the foundations for a new situation.
- create: Identify the steps to create an animation Insert an audio file.
- generate: COMING SOON... THE POLAR EXPRESS, a major computer generated animation of this classic picture book, starring Tom Hanks.
- combine: The work combines audio, animation, computer graphics and digital video and the club environment with live performance.
Adjective modifier
- 3d: Toshiba wanted to add 3D animations to the electronic manuals of all their portable PCs.
- stop-motion: Gerry went off and made another series called ' Dick Spanner ' using stop-motion animation as opposed to marionettes.
- 2d: We combine traditional 2D animation, illustration and design with 3D animation and digital ink and paint services.
- stop-frame: Event Notes Think of stop-frame puppet animation, and you'll think of Barry Purves.
- facial: The proposed method enables to simulate the facial animation automatically that moves synchronously with any given utterances.
- Japanese: The father of Manga is popularly acknowledged as being Dr. Osamu Tezuka, who was influenced by Japanese war propaganda animation and Disney.
Modifies a noun
- studio: It was Scotland's first interactive animation studio to win a BAFTA: for its CD-ROM Noddy gets ready for school.
- sequence: You can save an animation sequence in a simple way.
- technique: They will also be taught fundamental animation techniques which can easily be adapted to their own projects.
- festival: Animation finds a home In advance of next month's international animation festival in Cardiff a report on the industry's first permanent archive.
Noun used with modifier
- GIF: Extensive Import Options Import single or multi-layered images such as PSD and UFO files, as well as GIF animations and video clips.
- cel: Animation is also fantastic as it is a subtle mix of CGI and cel animation.
- flash: I didn't even mind the flash animation at the start - in fact, I was just blown away by the pictures.
- hand-drawn: It's mostly made by old-fashioned hand-drawn animation and looks great for it.
- cartoon: Actually, the cell animation that we're doing is very similar to cartoon style animation.
- computer: Motion capture is the richest source of data on human motion for computer animation.
Browse dictionary entries near animation
- ‹ animater
- ‹ animated cartoon
- ‹ animated
- ‹ animate
- ‹ animalize
- ‹ animality
- ‹ animalism
- ‹ animalcule
- ‹ animal spirits
- ‹ animal magnetism

