True Computer Animation
Generate the images by rendering a 3-D model
Vary the parameters to produce the animation
Brute force
- Manually set the parameters for each and every frame
- For an n parameter model: 1440n values per minute
Traditional keyframing
- Lead animators draw the important frames
- Underpaid drones draw the inbetweens
Computer keyframing
- Lead animators create the important frames with 3-D computer models
- Unpaid computers draw the inbetweens
- The dominant production method