Guide to Animation
In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery. Animation applications available in the Spark! Digital Media Lab can be used to learn the basics of computer animation.
In the Lab
Equipment
- Wacom Intuos Tablets
- Wacom Cintiq Tablets
Software
- Blender: a 3D computer graphics software toolset.
- Adobe CC Animate: a program used to design vector graphics and animation.
- Adobe CC Character Animator: a program used to control layered 2D puppets drawn in Photoshop or Illustrator.
The lab is outfitted with 4 Mac and 4 PC desktops. Most software is available on all desktops.
At the Library
Browse these call numbers: 741.58, 777.7, 791.43
Keywords for catalog searches: Animation, Cartooning, Animated films, Computer animation
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This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.