Frame (film)
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A frame is a single image of a film or animation. Frames are displayed, one after another, at a certain rate, the so-called frame rate, to create the illusion of motion. This is achieved when each frame differs only slightly from the previous frame. Frame rates of 12 fps (frames per second), 24 fps, 25 fps or 30 fps are common.
In film, the frames are photographed by a film camera at the desired frame rate. In animation, the frames are created individually by hand, a much more tedious process. Traditionally, animators draw the frames using a light table to see through several frames, or by using onion skin paper, or transparent plastic foil (called a cel.
To save much of the animation time, effort, and cost, frames can be reused in animation - a technique that is used in all modern animation, but particularly much in anime.
A keyframe is a frame that is "important" in an animation sequence - for example, the start and end points of any motion, and special "impact" or "contact" points, are keyframes. Usually a chief animator will draw the keyframes only and let his assistants (called inbetweeners) fill in the in-between frames, a process known as tweening.
In computer animation (2D or 3D), the frames are created with the help of a computer.
See also
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Film frame ]
- More information is available at [ Wikipedia:Video frame ]
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