3D Animation

3D animation is when a image has made to look to be three dimensional and solid, unlike 2D animation that has a flat, two dimensional finish.

3D example Monsters Inc, 2001

 Cinematic Intelligence Agency
1997, 
10/10/2011,
http://thecia.com.au/reviews/m/images/monsters-inc-7.jpg

 

2D example Monsters Inc, 2001  

Unknown illustrator

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10/10/2011,

http://media.bigoo.ws/content/image/cartoon/cartoon_117.gif

The most influential 3D animation company is Disney Pixar. Disney Pixar is now one of the biggest 3D animation companies in the world since their break through movie Toy Story in 1995. The company  Dreamworks came along in 2001with their hit movie Sherk, giving Pixar a rival in this booming industry .

Pixar and Dreamworks

GameOvai5,  

Mar 23/ 2010,

10/10/2011

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYVsAlNWkPY

The easiest way to make a 3D figure move is to make a skeleton image that is controlled  and manipulate by the animator on the computer using specially designed animation programs. Then the skeleton has the design of the figure drawn over the top.

Or another way to do it is make the figure out of modeling clay and using a special laser connected to the computer that scans the surface area one line at a time. The animator will scan every single line of the clay on to the computer.

Screen print of 3D animation program in use 

Screen print by unknown 
2006–2011,
10/10/2011,

http://cdn.geckoandfly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/blender_screenshot_free_3d_model_rendering_software_application.jpg