The Process of 3D Animation

Even though animation has existed for as long as a few decades now, the very concept of animation still appears to be quite magical to the layman. We often wonder how you make drawings enliven on screen. With the discovery of 3D animation technology, the concept of animation turns out to be even more muddled and mystical to the layman. Till date, they consider 3D animation as ‘drawing’ and know not even a single fact about the process that prevails behind the 3D animation.

In a nutshell, computer 3D animation denotes the art of creating motion pictures in a digital environment that is three-dimensional. Owing to the vigilant manipulation of objects (3D models) within the 3D software, we can subsequently export picture sequences which will present the illusion of motion (animation) based on how we influence the objects.

What actually happens in animation is that movement is replicated in a way that the eyes somehow believe that real motion has taken place; however, the fact is the apparent sense of motion is only due to the following images that are passed through like a streak of lightning.

There are perhaps more steps to 3D animation than you actually think there are! The process of a 3D animation pipeline is multifaceted and can be a much more intricate than any other sorts of animation. Based on what project and which 3D animation studio is concerned, the count of steps might differ. Here, Cryptograph Technologies has identified and demonstrated the 11 universal steps involved in creating a 3D animation project. They are specifically:

• Concept and Storyboards
• 3D Modeling
• Texturing
• Rigging
• Animation
• Lighting
• Camera Setting
• Rendering
• Compositing and Special VFX
• Music and Foley
• Editing and Final Output

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