Animation

<p>Animation is a <a href="/facts/Filmmaking/GL8DJm3W">filmmaking</a> technique whereby <a href="/facts/Image/fY9DudpT">still images</a> are manipulated to create <a href="/facts/Motion_picture/wM3b9Kk3">moving images</a>. In <a href="/facts/Traditional_animation/CqPeCPBY">traditional animation</a>, images are drawn or painted by hand on <a href="/facts/Cel/7l4LUG7P">transparent celluloid sheets</a> to be <a href="/facts/Photograph/gnq0f1or">photographed</a> and exhibited on <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">film</a>. Animation has been recognized as an artistic medium, specifically within the <a href="/facts/Entertainment/XXRnLM62">entertainment industry</a>. Many animations are either traditional animations or <a href="/facts/Computer_animation/rPW63nm0">computer animations</a> made with <a href="/facts/Computer-generated_imagery/ThJ2gh1X">computer-generated imagery</a> (CGI). <a href="/facts/Stop_motion_animation/A3RY2bbk">Stop motion animation</a>, in particular <a href="/facts/Claymation/d6Gr4uDV">claymation</a>, has continued to exist alongside these other forms.
</p><p>Animation is contrasted with <a href="/facts/Live_action/rRJrwAH5">live action</a>, although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced <a href="/facts/Live-action_animation/mwHEGuys">films that are a hybrid of the two</a>. As CGI increasingly <a href="/facts/Photorealism/HLAHwEvb">approximates photographic imagery</a>, filmmakers can easily <a href="/facts/Compositing/xGdHadIj">composite</a> 3D animations into their film rather than using <a href="/facts/Practical_effect/wV0CvAIj">practical effects</a> for showy <a href="/facts/Visual_effects/AdoEkAWU">visual effects</a> (VFX).
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Animation