Editing Traditional animation (section)

===Camera===
When an entire sequence has been transferred to cels, the photography process begins. Each cel involved in a frame of a sequence is laid on top of each other, with the background at the bottom of the stack. A piece of glass is lowered onto the artwork in order to flatten any irregularities, and the composite image is then photographed in [[stop motion]] by a special [[animation camera]], also called [[rostrum camera]].{{sfn|Laybourne|1998|pp=302–313}} The cels are removed, and the process repeats for the next frame until each frame in the sequence has been photographed. Each cel has ''registration holes,'' small holes along the top or bottom edge of the cel, which allow the cel to be placed on corresponding peg bars<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.saunalahti.fi/animato/pegbar/pegs.html |title=Peg bars, Animation Disk & Desk |website=ANIMATO Animation Equipment |date=14 May 2011 |access-date=1 January 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514070941/http://www.saunalahti.fi/animato/pegbar/pegs.html |archive-date=14 May 2011 }}</ref> before the camera to ensure that each cel aligns with the one before it; if the cels are not aligned in such a manner, the animation, when played at full speed, will appear "jittery." Sometimes, frames may need to be photographed more than once, in order to implement superimpositions and other camera effects. Pans are created by either moving the cels or backgrounds 1 step at a time over a succession of frames (the camera does not pan; it only zooms in and out).

[[Image:animationcamera.jpg|thumb|140px|A camera used for shooting traditional animation. See also [[Aerial image]].]]

[[Exposure sheet|Dope sheet]]s are created by the animators and used by the camera operator to transfer each animation drawing into the number of film frames specified by the animators, typically 1 (1s, ones) or 2 (2s, twos) and sometimes 3 (3s, threes).

As the scenes come out of final photography, they are spliced into the animatic or leica reel, taking the place of the pencil animation. Once every sequence in the production has been photographed, the final film is sent for development and processing, while the final music and [[sound effect]]s are added to the soundtrack.