Tuesday, July 14, 2009

3d Animation An Art Or A Technical Skill

By Jasque Brisk

From the age of the ancient cave paintings to the current century, art has taken many aspects and forms. With the passage of time art has modified its expression and with speedy advancement in new technology, computers have had their influence on art. Animation, which is an important art form for our culture, has entered the realms of computer technology from its traditional beginnings.

3 Dimensional Animation is a technique which makes it possible to build and show digital moving objects with a 3D touch on a 2D screen. 2D animation has been around for a long time, but 3D animation has overtaken it as the results of the later are stunningly realistic. 3 Dimensional Animation is not restricted to films, but is also used in computer games, architecture, constructing models and samples, and as a web designing and communication tool.

These beautiful works are brought to us through a process of 3D Modeling, Texturing, Animation and Three Dimensional Rendering. 3 Dimensional Modeling is a process of bringing objects and scenes into the world of 3D Graphics and Animation. Once a 3D model is finished, it goes through a texturing which add the detail that makes the objects and characters so realistic and related to our lives. It determines how things look and is just like an artist painting on a sculpture.

The central concepts of animation making the creation of the illusion of motion possible generally remain identical in one form or another as in traditional animation. They have been transformed into Key-framing and Motion Capture techniques, which are digitalized, effective and thoroughly automated animation methods. Key-framing involves setting up two frames or key positions representing a unit of animation. The illusion of the movement is carried out by the computer by automatically filling the gaps with in-betweens.

The core concept behind the Motion Capture technique is to portray the emotions, expressions and movements of a 3 Dimensional animated character as realistically as possible by recording of movements of real actors and models, and translating them into a digital 3d model. 3 Dimensional Animation uses a faster frame rate than the conventional animation, which are about 25 frames per second, in order to sustain the realism of movement and to create a dramatic impression.

Millions of individuals are inspired to chase an animation career, but often end up only with a small course which only helps them learn how to work with different software which does not ensure proficiency in 3 Dimensional Animation. Schools like Max the Mutt Animation School and Sheridan can provide the appropriate formal education and technical facilities that are fitting to a professional animator. It is always best to enroll with an Animation school which focuses on quality.

To transcend as a 3 Dimensional computer animator, if you are capable of original and creative work. You should be mastering essential design programs like Flash and Photoshop. You should have a thorough idea of 3 Dimensional Modeling and should be able to master the function of animation variables, the essential structures that make up life-like characters in an animation.

You must know how to use colors in an effective manner and a background of arts will be desirable for the job. You have to be aware of important elements like rendering, materials and lights to give your animation the power to keep the audiences attention. It is realization of these details which will make sure that 3D animated objects created by you look more realistic.

How can Digital 3D Animation be of some practical use to a website designer, who doesn't have the experience and knowledge on how to animate? You can create animations on quite a decent level through a number of available software for this purpose. Motion Builder, 3ds max, Lightwave 3D, Softimage XSI and Luxology Modo are a few names of professional 3D animation software, but these are mostly utilized by professional animators. It is better to research their features by checking their reviews out on different websites and decide which one suits your needs better. There are other programs for web site designers and simple animation, such as 3D GIF Designer, RealSoft 3D and Effect 3D, which are much simple to use.

3D Animations like banners and other features can make a web site attractive and can express messages more effectively, attracting more traffic to the sites. The myriad of 3D programs have simply removed all obstacles to the access to 3D Animation and have opened doors to new possibilities for the application of this effective communication tool. 3D Animation can efficiently enhance the output of your business and products. Look into which way you can utilize it.

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