What is animation

Sounds Interesting to know about animation, which is a figure that is manipulated to appear as moving images is known as animation.

Table Of Contents−

What is animation with example?
What are the 5 types of animation?
What skills do you need for animation?
Where is animation used?

What is animation with example?

It is what discussed above like a moving image is called animation. Let me take you an example below.

Try this code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style> 
div {
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: red;
animation-name: example;
animation-duration: 4s;
}

@keyframes example {
from {background-color: red;}
to {background-color: yellow;}
}
</style>
</head>
<body>

<p><b>Note:</b> This example does not work in Internet Explorer 9 and earlier versions.</p>

<div></div>

<p><b>Note:</b> When an animation is finished, it changes back to its original style.</p>

</body>
</html>
Source (W3schools.com)

What are the 5 types of animation?

There are 5 types of animation as mentioned below, You can study each type of animation separately. There are online courses for each topics. that you can take and study accordingly.

Traditional Animation.
2D Animation.
3D Animation.
Motion Graphics.
Stop Motion.

What skills do you need for animation?

In general there may be many skills that you need to have for animation. But, let provide some of the best and common skills that is required by anyone who is seeking a great animator.

Creativity and Imagination

First, Skill that you should have is creativity and imagination. Until, you have a creative mind set you cannot design or think at least a good graphic. So, the one should have these creative mind and imagination to think beyond the limitation. Only, then you are able to create a wonderful graphic or image for animation.

Patience and attention

Second, You should be patience and attentive in every details. Because, When we are in patience our mind stays in calm and work well. We can even find every peace of details that is required. So, While in position of awareness we have ability to pay attention to the things, from which we are going to create an animation.

Drawing Skills

It is important to have every animator who would like to create an animation in the best way possible. You guys must know that how we develop this skills. We can only have this skills if we practice a lot in the childhood and created thousands of drawings.

While learning this skills we should also have patience and attention, only then we are able to learn this. Otherwise, there is not any option which can make you learn this skill. So, having drawings skill can help you move forward towards animation.

Computer Literacy

You guys should have knowledge about computer application or literacy. This helps you to understand the basics of animation. and in general we should know computer whether we are making career in the animation or not.

In this skill, You learn basics of computer, MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint and so on. These are important to know before proceeding to learn any graphic software.

Graphic Software Basics

In order to become a successful animator, you should have basic knowledge of graphic software. In which you learn some basics of animation or a moving image. That actually help you understand the concepts behind this whole animation functions.

Communication

A Communication skill is required not only for animation purpose but for others also. Having a good communication skill helps you to talk each other well and can understand the thoughts.

Presentation

Along with good communication skills you should have presentation skill. That’s actually help you to make your presentation looks good. This skill helps you in animation also.

Where is animation used?

Animation is used in many fields or department such as Education, Entertainment, Advertisement, Scientific Visualization, Creative Arts, Gaming and Simulations. Let’s go through the each topic thoroughly.

Animation Use in Education

Animations are used here for making videos for children to make study more easy and creative. A chapter can told to them in a way of tale or story. Animated Presentations are also used nowadays in this form.

It is also used in the form of educational study material for children. and That is taught by schools.

Entertainment Animation

You have already seen lots of cartoons like Tom and jerry, Micky Mouse and chhota Bheem etc. These use animations to create such TV Programme and children love watching these type of TV Shows. It is actually their favourite shows.

You must have seen animated ad on the website or other platforms. they also use animation software to make a better advertisement. The reason of creating animated ad is because people don’t like to see a text ad. Text ad only contain text information about the product or service.

But, Animated ad contain animated video, like Graphics and a way of telling people how the product or service would be or how does it look like.

Therefore, there most users who prefer to make an advertisement in animated form.

Scientific Visualization

It is for those who are scientists, doctors and patients to help them see the real-time visualization. Let’s talk about how scientists use it, They used 2d or 3d animation to see their actual or more depth details of the things. You can below an example of Scientific Visualization (Source is from Wikipedia)

Creative Arts

Creative arts are good for specially educational fields. Lots of institution use creative arts like creating various diagram or animated graphic to make class attentive or interesting.

It is also a useful thing to make a user understand the concepts he or she is studying during the class.

It benefits us like what we see through our eyes is more effective than what we read or hear. Creative Arts Examples are IT Courses, Education Institutional Classes or Tutorials.

Gaming

If you talk about Gaming, In this everything is depends on a Model. A programmer can’t programme a game without seeing a model. So, A Model for the Gaming should be created by a students or professionals, Only then it can be programmed.

Simulations

It is very important and useful tools for creating a moving image or computer generated Graphic (CGI). Military use it for weapon training and to train certain events. Pilots also use simulations tools to practice how to operate a flight, before taking off an actual flight. Because, It saves fuel and other resources.

Let’s take an example, If NASA is planning to launch a rocket in the space. They will first simulates to get predicted outcomes of what might happen.