Editing Animation (section)

{{Short description|Method of creating moving pictures}}
{{Redirect|Animate|other uses|Animate (disambiguation)|and|Animation (disambiguation)}}
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{{EngvarB|date=November 2024}}
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'''Animation''' is a [[filmmaking]] technique whereby [[image|still images]] are manipulated to create [[Motion picture|moving images]]. In [[traditional animation]], images are drawn or painted by hand on [[cel|transparent celluloid sheet]]s to be [[photograph]]ed and exhibited on [[film]]. Animation has been recognized as an artistic medium, specifically within the [[Entertainment#Industry|entertainment industry]]. Many animations are either traditional animations or [[computer animation]]s made with [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI). [[Stop motion animation]], in particular [[claymation]], has continued to exist alongside these other forms.

Animation is contrasted with [[live action]], although the two do not exist in isolation. Many moviemakers have produced [[Live-action animation|films that are a hybrid of the two]]. As CGI increasingly [[Photorealism|approximates photographic imagery]], filmmakers can easily [[Compositing|composite]] 3D animations into their film rather than using [[practical effect]]s for showy [[visual effects]] (VFX).

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