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CartoonWiki:Animation technique glossary

The free encyclopedia of cartoons, comics, and animation.

This glossary lists every animation technique documented on CartoonWiki, pulling each entry's one-line summary live from its own

— specifically the description field — so this page updates itself as technique articles are written or edited. Nothing here needs to be maintained by hand.

Import this as CartoonWiki:Animation technique glossary.

TechniqueTypeSummaryFirst used
Animation technique glossary
The Animator's Survival Kit
Computer-generated imagery
Rotoscoping
Storyboard artist
Talking animals in fiction
Twelve basic principles of animation

Requires Semantic MediaWiki. Each technique's diagram (the diagram field on its infobox) is worth adding where you can — a labeled frame breakdown does more for explaining a technique than a paragraph of prose ever will.