http://animation.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-05-28T07:01:50Z Mon, 28 May 2012 07:01:50 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-cutout-animation.htm Ray writes: <blockquote><em>"Hey, so, I was wondering, what do you call the kind of animation they do on South Park? It's not like Disney, is it, where they draw all the pages and everything? It looks different, I was wondering what it was because it's kind of cool."</em></blockquote>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-cutout-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-cutout-animation.htm Mon, 28 May 2012 07:06:04 +0000 2012-05-28T07:06:04Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-silhouette-animation.htm Izzy asks: <blockquote><em>"yo so i saw this spooky totally creeptastic like animation with like black stuff and they were puppets i think but they were flat and it was jsut black and white like the old silent films dude whwat was it it totally gave me nightmares"</em></blockquote>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-silhouette-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/reader-question-what-is-silhouette-animation.htm Mon, 28 May 2012 07:01:50 +0000 2012-05-28T07:01:50Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/new-glossary-entry-animation-stand.htm You know, it's funny, you never really think about the little things in animation that need explaining - but without those little things, the job couldn't get done. One such ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/new-glossary-entry-animation-stand.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/28/new-glossary-entry-animation-stand.htm Mon, 28 May 2012 06:57:24 +0000 2012-05-28T06:57:24Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-drawn-on-film-animation.htm Jensen asks: <blockquote><em>"I was watching this sick, totally trippy old school Norman McLaren thing the other day and I want to know how he does it. Like, can I learn how to do that? It doesn't look like normal animation. It looks weird. It's really simple and stuff, but it just looks kind of scratchy and weird, you know?"</em></blockquote>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-drawn-on-film-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-drawn-on-film-animation.htm Mon, 21 May 2012 07:46:20 +0000 2012-05-21T07:46:20Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-sand-animation.htm Sue asks: <blockquote><em>"Last night on YouTube I watched this woman paint with sand for half an hour. It was so awesome and she made this picture that looked like it was done with real paint! She had some fifty jars of colored sand and it looked like she was just flinging it everywhere, but it all landed just right and I thought it was so cool. I asked my friend later and she said it was called sand animation. What do you know about that?"</em></blockquote>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-sand-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-sand-animation.htm Mon, 21 May 2012 06:56:18 +0000 2012-05-21T06:56:18Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-pin-animation.htm James asks: <blockquote><em>"This animation I saw once looked like it was drawn with black ink pens and it was kind of stark and weird and a little wobbly, but then when they pulled back they showed it was this thing that looked like a bunch of nails, and they moved all the nails and it made the picture. What is that? What is it called?"</em></blockquote>...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-pin-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/21/reader-question-what-is-pin-animation.htm Mon, 21 May 2012 06:52:55 +0000 2012-05-21T06:52:55Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/14/poll-whats-your-take-on-the-creative-cloud.htm Now that Adobe's Creative Cloud has launched in full, I've been giving their ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/14/poll-whats-your-take-on-the-creative-cloud.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/14/poll-whats-your-take-on-the-creative-cloud.htm Mon, 14 May 2012 05:58:47 +0000 2012-05-14T05:58:47Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/07/adobe-cs6-launches.htm <img src="http://0.tqn.com/h/animation/1/9/K/V/cs6.png" alt="Adobe CS6" align="right" hspace="2"/>After a lot of talk, a lot of hype, and a lot of anticipation, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/design-web-premium.html">Adobe Creative Suite 6</a> finally launched yesterday (note: for purchase only; the Creative Cloud SaaS subscription ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/07/adobe-cs6-launches.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/05/07/adobe-cs6-launches.htm Mon, 07 May 2012 07:49:19 +0000 2012-05-07T07:49:19Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/04/30/one-of-the-most-exciting-features-of-adobe-cs6-subscriptions.htm One of my biggest gripes with newer versions of the Adobe Creative Suite has been the price. Even with the new features, the new functionality, and the great new enhancements ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/04/30/one-of-the-most-exciting-features-of-adobe-cs6-subscriptions.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/04/30/one-of-the-most-exciting-features-of-adobe-cs6-subscriptions.htm Mon, 30 Apr 2012 04:52:43 +0000 2012-04-30T04:52:43Z http://animation.about.com/b/2012/03/04/whats-the-difference-between-japanese-and-american-animation.htm <img src="http://0.tqn.com/d/animation/1/G/J/V/1145619_anime_eye.jpg" align="right" hspace="2" width="75">Ask the difference between American and Japanese animation, and you may get a fairly ugly response depending on whether the person you're asking is particularly invested in one or the ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://animation.about.com/b/2012/03/04/whats-the-difference-between-japanese-and-american-animation.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://animation.about.com/b/2012/03/04/whats-the-difference-between-japanese-and-american-animation.htm Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:26:51 +0000 2012-03-04T22:26:51Z