Handbook of animation techniques

The animation process

Bar sheets

Cartoon characters

Backgrounds

The exposure sheet

Animation

The bouncing ball

Movement cycles

Effects

The inbetweener

The inker

The opaquer

The animation stand

The GE commercial

Limited animation

Animation and live action

The visual squeeze

Technical animation

Titles

Montage

The slide film or filmstrip

The slide motion film or filmograph

Stop-motion

Time-lapse photography

Techniques combined

Puppets

The I D or station identification

Computer-generated animation techniques

Animation and the camera

The pantograph

Under lighting

The pencil test

Fades and dissolves

Slit-scan photography

The superimposure

Positioning by camera projection

Aerial image photography

Off-line computerized animation recording

On-line computerized animation recording

Film and the editor

Processing

The optical printer

The matte

Multimedia, or videography

Wipes

Effects

The computerized optical printer

In conclusion

Glossary of terms.