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Preferred term

Computer animation  

Definition

  • The process of creating animated images by using computer-assisted or computer-generated techniques. It includes limited animation where only a part of the figure is animated, and sophisticated animation, where computers supply in-between drawings based on a limited number of hand-drawn images and digitized figures that can appear to move or rotate convincingly through space. [AAT]

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Entry terms

  • Animation, computer
  • Computer-assisted filmmaking
  • Computer-generated animation

Notation

  • 122706

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-DM7P3PQ0-0

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