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Traditional animation

Traditional animation (or classical animation, cel animation, or hand-drawn animation) is a term retronymically applied to the dominant form of animation of the 20th century in the United States until the shift to computer animation in the industry, in which each frame is drawn by hand. Today, the process is still commonly used, primarily in the form of…

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Traditional animation

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Avg. degree1.99
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related to Rotoscoping · 29
Traditional animation → A-ha's, After, American Pop, Another, APT, Company, Cruella, Disney, Disney's One Hundred, Heartless, In, Kanye West's, Max Fleischer, Oliver, One Dalmatians, Peter Pan, Rotoscoped, Rotoscoping, Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty
related to Live-action hybrids · 22
Traditional animation → Action, Back, Cool World, Early, Enchanted, Inkwell, Like, Limpet, Live-action, Looney Tunes, Mary Poppins, Max Fleischer, Out, Similar, Song, South, Space Jam, The, The Incredible Mr, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
related to Multiplane process · 12
Traditional animation → Designed, Disney Studios, In, Seven Dwarfs, Snow White, The, These, This, To, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Studios, William Garity
related to Animation · 10
Traditional animation → At, But, By, In, Pencil, The, These, U-matic, VHS, While
related to Voice recording · 10
Traditional animation → Before, Betty Boop, Fleischer Studios, Given, In, Japanese, Popeye, Sailor, Some, The
related to Cels · 8
Traditional animation → Earl Hurd, For, Further, However, In, John Bray, Since, The
related to External links · 4
Traditional animation → Media, Traditional, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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animation used film cel cels animated process computer camera drawings traditional digital disney animators character paint use one scene multiplane

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A Pup Named Scooby-Dooinstance ofthe Hanna-Barbera system also allowed for multiplane camera effects evident in H-B productions0.80text
Adobe Flashinstance ofor even consumer-level applications0.80text
Toon Boom Technologiesinstance ofor even consumer-level applications0.80text
TV Paintinstance ofor even consumer-level applications0.80text
Studio Ghibli's employ the full rangeinstance ofeven high-budget theatrical features0.80text
Oliverinstance ofThis technique was used in Disney films0.80text
Companyinstance ofThis technique was used in Disney films0.80text
Song of the Southinstance ofLive-action and animation were later combined in features0.80text
smokeinstance ofmany other techniques are used to create special elements0.80text

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