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Influence of Animation on Children

Influence of animation on Children

Cartoons have been an essential part of all the hospitable cultures and civilizations since they are dated several years ago though they had little impact on society. With the advancement in technology, the cartoons and animation industry has also moved miles ahead and managed to amalgamate pictures and wording to come up with present-day cartoons. This revolutionized children’s entertainment. As time went by, various cartoons emerged and were further relegated to five main categories which cut across the political and socio-economic life of man. They are, however, expressive and comedic and bear many different amazing features. Despite the fact that the cartoons are usually targeting all age groups, they mostly influence children. Furthermore, they grasp their attention quickly.

Since the children of this century are more exposed to many electronic devices, especially the television screen, it is a prerequisite that the cartoonist has to be more keen and cautious to suit the psychology of the children. The cartoons have actually influenced children in many ways.

Firstly, the cartoons influence the development of the children’s verbal skills. Research done by various professionals on how cartoons influence children shows that the cartoon influences the language acquisition of children. Despite that, cartoons also assist in learning new vocabulary, words, and many new things since the time spent by children on screens watching cartoons is too much and they get used to these characters.

Additionally, the cartoons also influence the perception of children towards gender and roles for different people as far as gender is concerned. Most of the children are raised with the notion that the role of the father and mother is confined to the household. However, with many cartoons, it gets imprinted in their minds that girls are inferior and fragile hence they need a man beside them. Moreover, they also come to conclude that boys are stronger compared to girls. This becomes dangerous and also makes it difficult to change the perception of a child from what he/she witnessed.

Consequently, the cartoons also sharpen children’s minds and impose some creativity on them. From the cartoon films that children are exposed to the creativity that is used in them makes the children think from different perspectives and come up with creative means of doing things even at a later age. This offers a positive advantage in their life.

Last but not least, as far as the biological aspects of the growth of children are concerned, the cartoon also aids in the visual sense and enhances memory by a big percentage. This makes children perform in different sectors in different ways hence coming up with problem-solving techniques.

From the above, it is seen that the cartoons have both positive and negative influences on the growth of these little children. As a result, it will depend on what kind of films are we subjecting our children and their behavior. For animation and cartoons that have been cautiously and keenly done for a positive impact on your children, click the Contact Us button and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

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Difference between Live Action Storyboard and Animation Storyboard

Difference between Live Storyboard and Animation Storyboard

As the title suggests, there are a number of dissimilarities in storyboarding live-action and animated productions. Many of these storyboarders usually specialize in one area or another due to the different drawing styles that are involved in the various or respective areas of production. A good example is depicted when live-action directors do not have the guts to stare at cartoony storyboards or even the live-action artists may not be in a position to draw cartoony styles. As a result, consider the following differences.

In live storyboards, artist’s styles never look alike. This means that the look of the characters and the boards don’t have to look much like the looks of the live-action actors. For instance, if one of the characters is fat and the other tall, those are some of the simple techniques applied to differentiate them on the boards. On the other hand, for animation storyboards, the storyboards have to bear a similar look to that of the characters on the modeling sheets. This is a feature that has been portrayed by a number of overseas animation studios however, for computer-generated or rather 3D animation, it is not a must that the characters should take after the board.

Another difference that arises between live storyboarding and animation storyboarding is the number of drawings necessary for a scene. In live-action, the beginning and end of any action are drawn and shots of other scenes that need to be seen are added. There is no need for detailed acts as the actors decide for themselves how they act. Subsequently, for animation storyboards, the animation is the characters. As a result, especially for hand-drawn animation, the keyframes must be shown. However, the in-between is then added as the animation progresses to smooth out the action.

In addition, the numbering of scenes and shots also differs in these two kinds of storyboarding. In live storyboarding, a shot encompasses the various camera angles used in one location during one period of time. However, on the animation storyboarding, hand-drawn animation considers every shot to be a new scene. Thus, when they are saying the living room examples you will have three scenes. The 3D animation scenes can be numbered either way but not as in live storyboarding.

In a nutshell, the above are some of the major differences between live storyboarding and animation storyboarding. Therefore, it is important to have a grasp of the distinctive features between the two comparable which will help when making your great order in the near future.

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Christmas and New Year Gift Ideas for Your Friends

Gifts for Christmas and New Year

Christmas is the most popular and important festival celebrated throughout the world. It is time for Christmas and let us celebrate in a unique way. There are different traditions associated with the celebration of Christmas and various ways in which we celebrate. It is really difficult to select a gift for someone special. Gifting is one of the common practices every Christmas and we can have a look at some different gifting ideas this Christmas and New Year. It is really important to cherish our friends and finding a cool Christmas or New Year gift must be our first priority on this celebration. A proper plan enables us to find the perfect gift for your Christmas friend this year.

5 Great Christmas New Year Gift Ideas

Choosing a Christmas or New Year gift for your friends is based on the intimacy of your relationship. Different ideas and concepts arise depending on the relationship and age of your friend, say it can be either a kid or a senior.

a. Toys and Books:

Christmas and New Year Gift

Great quality toys are nice gifts with attractive colors such as dolls, models, or vehicles. You can also gift a chess set or a Rubik’s Cube as per the interest and passion of your friend. Gift a book such as world classics or enlightening reading materials can be chosen as per your friend’s interest. Gifting a book enables and encourages one in their reading habit and helps them gain more knowledge.

b. Cakes, Wines, Chocolates or Fruits

Christmas gift ideas

Cakes and wines are a common gift on Christmas. Since Christmas is an occasion to feast on delicious food as well as festive drinks, cakes, and wines is the perfect gift for your dear ones. Fruit baskets are a common and good gift that you can present to your friend this Christmas or New Year. It will be great to gift a box full of oranges, apples, and other fruits along with chocolates since apples, oranges, and chocolates represent safety, fortune, and love respectively.

c. Clothes

Christmas and New Year gift ideas for your friends

As I mentioned earlier intimacy plays a vital role in selecting a gift and if you are quite intimate you can gift them new dresses or dress materials. However, it is important to observe their dressing material, color, size, and attitude before gifting them dress materials.

d. Unique and Memorable gift

Caricature art design

Gifting a unique and memorable one is the key or important idea that can be shared with your intimate and dear ones. It can be either a memorable gift or a memorable moment that can be shared with your best friend or an intimate person. Some ideas are planning a trip, taking your friend to the most memorable place, gifting your friend’s model, printed T-shirt, caricature, and so on. Have a look at the caricature works done by Prayan Animation Studio which will inspire you for gifting.

e. Funny gifts

Funny gifts for Christmas & New Year

You can also gift something funny as per your friend’s character or habit to make a cherishable environment. This kind of gift creates memorable moments and a happy environment among your dear ones rather than keeping the gift for a long time.

Let us make this Christmas and New Year memorable. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

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A Survey on the Transition of Old Classical Animation and New Digital Animation

Survey on the transition of old classical animation and new digital animation

As far as technological advancement is concerned, many things in life shift from one stage to another and also methods of doing things change from one to another depending on the simplicity and the efficiency of the methods. In the animation industry, advancements in technology and techniques of handling animation also cause a transition from one form of animation to another due to the suitability and effectiveness of the intended purpose.

The old classical animation majorly entailed physical design and development of these animations on the physical medium. However, with the advent of computer animation design, many traditional techniques have been put aside. This is because the traditional animation or rather the old classical animation had many disadvantages which hindered efficient operation in their development. The development of digital animation has come along with many advantages and improvements that have led many industries to do away with the old animation mechanisms to new animation techniques. Consider some of the following merits are the sole reasons for the transition that took place.

Firstly, the transition from old classical animation to digital animation happened because the invention of digital computer animation led to the reduction of tedious jobs and calculations that were done by humans and consumed a lot of time. Additionally, many challenges and difficulties that were met in old classical animation like lighting and calculation are currently done by computers.

Additionally, the transition from old classical animation to new digital animation was geared by the fact that computer animation has the capacity to clearly outlay many features that were distorted in real-life old animation. For instance, the surface of the sun or the bottom of a borehole. Additionally, the fine arts that were destroyed by external forces eg man, and natural calamities, through computer animation, can be regenerated and even their former glory restored.

In a nutshell, old classical animation was better but the new digital animation is best. Based on some of the merits of the new digital animation, it can be clearly seen that the new digital animation has many advantages compared to the traditional one. As a result, it can be said that the transition from the old classical animation to the new digital one was worth the move. Therefore, with enough confidence, we urge you to click the Contact Us button for high-quality new digital animation films and clips that suit your work and your desired purpose.

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The traditional animation in the new era of digitalization

The traditional animation in the new era of digitalization

Since time immemorial, animation has been advancing in a similar way as the other sectors of the media and graphic industry are doing. As a result, there has been a transition in the types of animation that trend in the market depending on the type of technology that easily creates it.  Some traditional animations have been done away with simply because of the methods that were used to produce them. For instance, in the traditional era, animation was produced by means of creating an illusion of movement by frame to frame manipulations of drawings and illustrations.  However, in the era of digitization more so in almost every aspect of media and communication, animation is generated by the use of computers.

In this era of digitalization, all the possible areas of animation and graphic design are shifting to a convenient system of handling their work which includes the use of digital equipment even in the production of 2D which was tough work in traditional animation. Some of these types of equipment are the digital pen, tablet, or even the digital sculpting tool. This aids in the production of the same animation as in the traditional times only that the means are not as tedious as before. These tools help in rendering, animation, lighting, and modeling hence traditional animation becomes easier having being done in a digital manner.

Furthermore, the fact that the use of computer and graphic processing hardware has fundamentally changed this process, the time of production of these animations currently compared to the traditional has somehow relative improvements. However, the aspect of quality of the resulting animation has significantly increased due to the digitalization of the same industry.

Consequently, in the 1980s when the digitalization of the animation industry started, the fear that filled the hearts of the employees was that just like the way robotics is employed in manufacturing, computer design would deny them jobs in the animation industry. However, the production of short animated films that were entitled As a Technological Threat by Brian Jennings and Bill Kroyer, reduced the fear that was in people and also clearly portrayed how the digitalization of the industry was comfortably integrating with traditional animation and how there is a place for both.

In summary, as far as the traditional animation and the digitalization of the industry are concerned, it can be said that not only can and does the traditional animation and computer animation coexist but rather the combination and integration of both is needed. Additionally, traditional animation remains the prominent form of animation to date and also continues to grow in one way or another as the digitalization process continues.

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How to choose the right software for your animation?

How to choose the right software for animation

Choosing the right animation software for your animation project can be a very tricky process. This is because of the advancement in technology, even though the programmers and software developers in the animation industry have heard of different super advanced and easy software for animation. However, these software bear some counting differences that are either related to the performance of the software, ease of use, or even the robustness of the software and thus bring up some factors that one has to consider when choosing the best or rather the right software for their animation. Therefore, the following are some of the tips to follow to ensure you get the best software for your animation.

Firstly, before choosing the software to develop your video, you have to have some basic knowledge about the type of your project and what you require. Additionally, the type of software that one can choose depends on your skill and experience in animation, whether you are an expert in animation as well as the specific need and requirements of your animation.  As a result, if your animation desire lies in 2D, 3D, or motion picture, you have to choose software that best suits the application

Additionally, choosing good software for your animation also depends on the amount of money that you want to spend or rather your budget for the animation. There are various software’s that support special effects in animation and are user friendly though their cost is quite high. At the same time, there are other software that are user-friendly do not offer special effects, and do not require special skills to handle. These types of software offer standard work, however, not fully satisfy the client’s requirement.

Last but not least, the final stage for choosing the best software for your animation lies in the decision that you make as the owner of the above-described features. If your budget is targeting a good and high-quality animation at the end of the day, then you have to choose the best software for the same. On the other hand, if your budget is not as high and the requirements are not so complex, just choose the ordinary software but the question is what the output is.

In summary, in order that you choose the best software for your animation, there are three basic things that you need to know. The first one is what is important to you. The second one is the kind of budget that you have and the last one lies in the decision that you make. For more advice on the best software for your animation click the Contact Us button and we will reply to you.

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The advantage of an animated movie over the live action movie

Advantage of an animated movie over live action movie

When comparing animated movies and live film movies, many parameters can be considered apart from personal preferences and tastes. Basically, an animated movie can be said to be better compared to a live-action film simply because animated movies require more talented and skilled personnel to handle than a regular standard live-action movie. Furthermore, a live-action movie does not require much attention as far as creation is concerned apart from proper lighting, coloring, and small digital enhancements by the use of the computer to improve the appearance and quality. Whereas, in animated movies, there is a direct exhibition of special skills and effort. In line with the above, the following are some of the advantages that animated movies have over live-action movies.

Firstly, animated movies do not require actors, props many stage objects, or some expensive locations in order that they may be produced. This means that there are no sets to build or locations to find and hence no temperamental actors to overprotect. Compared to live-action films, this saves you time, energy, and money.

Additionally, animated video movies require fewer resources and have a short production time to create compared to live-action videos. In a more elaborative manner, the point means that animated videos have the advantage over live-action videos in that for live-action videos, there needs to be some camera, props, shooting, traveling, and time for editing is also required whereas, for an animated video, time for scripting and voice-over are the only times required hence less time to produce an animated video than a live-action video.

Additionally, animation videos enjoy the merit that it is possible to quickly and effectively explain a concept in a short while. For instance, a whiteboard animation in such a case can simply use a few steps to take one through an intricate topic or even link a series of diverse yet related scenarios in a concise way just in a short time.

From the above-stated points, it is clear that the animated video is quite advantageous compared to the live-action video since the animated video has simple development methods and also takes a short time to create and supply. Additionally, the animated video takes little resources and production costs.

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Importance of Rotoscoping in Animation Industry

Importance of Rotoscoping in Animation Industry

Rotoscoping is one of the most important processes in the animation industry that cannot be ignored at all nor underrated at all. In getting to know it well, it is very vital and poignant to have a gist of how the animations are made from a tiny process to the complete project as per the process, each action frame is captured carefully to make a live stream; it helps in pulling out or adding a frame to an already live stream so as to make any significant or minimal changes.

In the film industry today, rotoscoping is highly used to make movies but in a much-updated way, not using the traditional process. Nowadays the software does that process through projecting how the element is set up. In the former, actions were redrawn from the projections on the frosted glass, and it was more hectic.

The sweetness of rotoscoping gives the artists the freedom to add other elements that they forgot on a frame over a live frame. Many times this becomes handy when making changes to a script or a decoration. Therefore, to change the appearance of a scene or a character will be easy with rotoscoping.  This can be achieved today through the various techniques of rotoscoping such as articulated rotoscoping, garbage matte, matte generation/creation, rotosplining, 2D motion tracking, or paint touch-up; a mask is made around the object that should be removed or added onto the live frame. Simply cutting an object from a frame and placing it on another frame.

To extensively perform this task various software are used, which brings about the aspects of precision and Efficiency. In that sense, other software makes the work of rotoscoping easy and fast while others take time; the best ones offer features like image stabilization, 3D compositing, flash output, and expressions.

But to achieve the best results in rotoscoping apply the following

  • Use a green screen to remove an object
  • Reduce the motion blur so that the object can be cleanly removed
  • Pick up the frame that is properly lit and the elements are visually separate
  • Avoid creating too many points to make sure the outline is proper

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ToonBoom vs TV Paint Animation: Prayan Animation

ToonBoom vs TV Paint Animation

I think it comes down to preference in most cases. I am sure each program has its special features and such, but when doing traditional hand-drawn animation, all the specials are not really needed. When I was in college (computer animation) we had to take several traditional animation classes as well, and the college I attended had ToonBoom. It was a great program and worked very well for what we needed it to do. I personally have not tried Harmony or TV paint, but like I said ToonBoom worked beautifully.

Harmony Essentials does NOT offer any bitmap painting tools – only vector tools. Harmony Advanced and Premium have bitmap painting tools, however, and quite painterly drawing is possible.

Harmony is not only a digital puppet animation app – it does far more than that. You can animate traditional frame by frame and combine these techniques with digital puppets.

TV Paint does have more natural feeling media tools, though. It’s a bit like comparing Photoshop to Painter. It depends on how far you want or need to go with more a simulated natural media approach of drawing and painting. TV Paint focuses solely on bitmap-based (mostly frame-by-frame) animation while you can definitely do traditional hand-painted work in ToonBoom. It has a good combination of vector and bitmap layers and brushes. For example, in ToonBoom you can have a brush with a bitmap texture and color it in with a vector layer.

Krita, for example, also supports frame-by-frame animation and has much more powerful bitmap drawing and painting tools compared to Harmony. So do ClipStudio EX, and the latest version of OpenToonz integrates the MyPaint bitmap brush engine, which is arguably more advanced than Harmony features.

It is also possible to combine the strengths of two or more animation applications. If you need more painterly animated background drawings, you might decide to do those in TV Paint or Krita, and then export the animation as an image sequence for import into Toonboom Harmony, and use the vector tools in Harmony to do other parts of the animation.

Anyway, it is best to not focus too much on the software, and rather define what you actually need for the execution of your animation. My animation toolkit consists of a number of apps to do what I want – not just one. Stop worrying about the software.