2D ANIMATION

2D Animation



2D Animation

Part 1: Origins of 2D Animation

Edward Muybridge is often considered as the “father of moving pictures” because he was among one of the pioneers of the 2D animation concepts. In order to be able to show the movement in the pictures, Muybridge made use of fast camera shutter along with various other innovative technologies (About.com, 2013); the innovative technologies helped the English photographer to reduce the exposure time, due to which fine details became possible to be captured.

Zoopraxiscope is the major innovation by Muybridge, which uses multiple cameras and projected the series of successive images, which ...