CFCMComputer+Animation

 Computer animation is the art of creating moving images with the use of computers. It is referred to as CGI meaning computer generated imagery or computer generated imaging especially when used in films. To create the illusion of movement, an image is displayed on the computer screen and repeatedly replaced by a new image that is similar to the previous image but has moved/changed slightly. This is displayed very fast so that there is almost no pause between the two images.

Computer animation can be created with a computer and animation software which you can download from the internet for free like Adobe AfterEffects and Animator-9 3.6 or use online. Some cost money though. Impressive animation can be created with even the most basic software. Companies that use computer animation would be:
 * [|Blue Sky Studios] 
 * [|DreamWorks Animation] 
 * [|Pacific Data Images] 
 * [|Pixar] 
 * [|Walt Disney Animation Studios]

In every computer animation made it has to be rendered - rendering is the process in when every frame is compiled together to produce the final animation. This can take a long time on a home computer. Professional animators of movies, television, and video sequences on computer games make photorealistic animation with high detail. This level of quality for movie animation would take tens to hundreds of years to create on a home computer. Many powerful [|workstation]  computers are used instead. Graphic workstation computers are more powerful than normal computers. A large number of these computers are networked together to effectively act as a giant computer. The result is a computer-animated movie that can be completed in about one to five years. [|Pixar]'s [|Renderman] is rendering software which is widely used as the movie animation industry standard.


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