2D animation enables the creator to narrate the tale of their product or service in a very effective and attractive way. 2D animation provides the content to be delivered in colorful and attractive format of videos.

The best 2D animation is done by having the 5 basic elements right. They are:

• Actions and timing
• Dialogues and music
• Animation layers
• Backgrounds
• View point

There are 5 different kinds of 2D animation. They are:

1. Traditional Animation: Also known as cell animation, it requires every single cell to be created by hand.
2. 2D Animation: A vector oriented animation that is in accordance to that of Flash. Due to the advancement of technology, 2d animation are at rise.

• 3D Animation: It is the most common kind of animation at the current condition as it is also known as computer animation and is highly relied on technology.

1. Stop Motion: Sharing similarities with traditional animation, stop motion animation gathers varied still images by making use of photos and real life objects.
2. Motion Graphics: Motion graphic focuses on moving varied shapes, structures and texts to offer an animation effect.

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At a basic quality the cost of 2D Animation for a minute costs ₹ 18,000 to ₹ 20,000.

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The process of 2D animation are as follows:

1. Inspiration source
2. Idea building

• Script finalization

1. Production schedule preparation
2. Designing
3. Song composition

• Story boarding
• Concept Art

1. Voice Recording
2. Animating

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1. Squash and stretch
2. Anticipation

• Staging

1. Straight action
2. Overlapping action
3. Slow in and slow out

• ARC
• Secondary Action

1. Timing
2. Exaggeration
3. Solid drawing

• Appeal

Village Talkies, Brand Animators, Spark Studio, 3D Animation, RPM VFX Studio are the best animation companies located in Chennai.

Storyblocks, Videvo, Adobe Stock, IStock, Pond5, Videezy, Morguefile are some of the webistes offering stock free 2D animation clips.

The first ever 2D animation was created in the year 1908 and was titled as “Fantasmagorie”. It was created by Emile Cohl. The most famous production was by Walt Disney in 1930. The project was titled “Streamboat Willie”.

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Animation games have an additional graphic elements that help in narrating the story plot and special effects for gameplay. 2D Animations in games are basically short as they aid each character to move and react.

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The steps involved in creating a 2D Animation video are as follows:

1. Creating video script
2. Creating storyboard

• Animate

1. Background music addition
2. Story narration
3. Conclusion

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The average course fee for 2D animation is ₹ 5,000 to 2,00,000. These might vary from institute to institute.

2D Animation still has its impact in the animation industry but not as captivating as earlier. 2D Animation are still being used in a small level. But due to technological advancements major industries like Disney, Pixar have upgraded their standard.

There are various online resources like pdf guides, youtube videos and certain online courses that offer free 2D Animation courses.

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As the structure of a model in animation is very important, rigging is an important tool that can be used to construct the skeletal structure of the animated character.

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Multimedia is highly dependent in 2D animation as it helps the source to tell a convincing narrative and communicate unique and easy ideas with visual aid as well.

Ball bouncing, Brick falling, Head turn, Character blinking, Character thinking, Jumping, Ball kicking, Character emotion change, character standing and sitting, laughing, sneezing, character cycling, character cycling etc are some basic 2D Animation exercise.

Yes, in traditional manner, 2D animations are generally hand drawn slide by slide. It was highly popular before the invention of computer graphics.

Yes, 2D animation can be done free using free software usch as Powtoon, Synfig, TubiTube etc.

Yes, due to the requirement of high intensity software and hard wares, 3D is on a costlier side over 2D animation.

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Yes, 2D Animation is vector oriented and makes use of the same old techniques that are used in traditional animation.

Adobe Aftereffects, Animaker, Blender, Opentoonz are some of the animation software that are used for 2D animation in YouTube.

StickDraw, Tootastic, GifBoom, iStopMotion 3, Plastic Animation Studio, FlipaClip, Animation Desk are some of the best 2D animation apps.

Yes, 2D animation makes use of green screen as it helps in better visual effects and more screen space to provide character details.

Renderforest, Biteable, moovly, Animaker, Powtoon, Toonator, GoAnimate, FlipAnim, MotionDen are some of the famously used animation making websites.

Tupi, Toon Boom, Creatoon, Vectorian Giotta are some of the popularly used 2D animation software used in Windows 7.

There are a huge amount of online Udemy courses mastering at 2D animation. They are taught by experts in the industry and are generally rate highly. More than 54,000 students have underwent the course of 2D in Udemy.

Using notes, online resources like youtube videos, online software and online courses, 2D animation can be learnt at home.

Walt Disney, Hayao Miyazaki, Max Fleischer, Seth MacFartane, John Lasseter, William Hanna, Tex Avery are some of the famous 2D animators.

To do attractive 2D animation the basic needs are:

• Animation training
• Visualization
• Storyboarding skills
• Drawing skills
• Visual sotrytelling

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2D animation is a very basic form of animation that most of the time requires to be hand drawn. If sufficient drawing skills are not present, the desired result might not be achievable.

Lip sync is very important in 2D animation as it will narrate the story plot in a more comprehensible manner.

Yes, there are sites like Grease Pencil, which will help in creating 2D animation.

Yes, 2D animation can be drawn by making use of a tab that has the needed software installed.

2D animation is a computerized form of traditional animation where computer uses 2D bitmap graphics and 2D vector graphics that incorporates morphing, creates story boards, characters, and backgrounds in a 2D dimensional spaces which can move in any direction but not towards.

Synfig, Animaker, and Krita are some of the best 2D creation software available for free.

Blender is an open-source 3D computer software tool used for creating animation, visual effects, 3D printed models, 3D applications and computer games.

Grease pencil is the type of blender object that allow you to draw in a 3D space. It is used to make traditional 2D animation, storyboard, and others.

2D characters are either drawn with hands or using computer which has only height and width not thickness.

No, 2D animation is not abandoned and its is actually can be still profitable if we learn from new leader of 2D animation known as Japanese Anime. IT became the new leader as it the hand drawn style of animation which is always look and feel better.

Yes, 2D animation is easy to learn and can self-taught. But the drawback of self-taught is one should do lot of jobs during their learning phase to support them and sometimes enrolling in the universities and getting that piece of paper could help you land in a good job.

2D animations are used to create cartoons, animation movies, corporate presentations, video games, advertisements and much more.

Once the drawings are done and cleaned up, it is photographed using animation camera which can shoot the animation frame by frame usually on black and white film stock but now it can be possible with video camera or computer software.

Storyboard is a graphic organizer that has the images or illustrations that are displayed in preferred sequence to pre visualize the motion picture, animation, motion graphics or interactive media.

While producing the 2D animation, the actors follow the rough animation, whereas in North America, the dialogue is recorded in pre-production process and given to the animators so that they can draw mouth movements that perfectly match with the spoken dialogue.

The popular 2D animations include, Disney movies like Snow white, little mermaid, etc. and the TV shows namely The Simpsons, Rick and Morty, etc.

Yes, there are lot of opportunities emerging regularly for 2D animators as there are new shows and cartoons releasing often in the channels like cartoon network, Disney, etc. Demand for 2D animators is always high.

In India, the average salary package for animator ranges from Rs. 1,35,802 to 4,35,000/annum it varies according to their level of designation and experience.

Toon Boon Harmony is the best paid professional software to create animations for movies, TV shows or for Web advertisings. Some popular TV shows like The Simpsons, Rick and Morty are created using this software.

Yes, off course a single person can create a 2D animations all by themselves. Most of the animation students will do it during their graduation film.

The time for the creation of a 2D video depend on the length od video. For instance, It take 5 days for 30 secs video and it will take 15 days to complete 2 minute video.

Pixar is an American computer animation studio successfully created computer animated feature films. They produced around 24 feature films like Toy story, Luca, Soul, etc.

No, you can’t create 2D animation using Python. You can create only images with python.

2D animation is all about frames and its cheaper compared to 3D animation as you need only an expert who draw perfectly, whereas, 3D is all about movements and you need software to create a detailed character.

2D animation is widely used in films, cartoons, websites, e-learning courses, and in engineering etc.

2D animation is also known as cell-animation as it is created frame by frame with traditional hand drawing method. Now in this modern world, animators use software to create action sequence.

Animation rigging software or character rigging software is a digital program that can turn a static image to live character which can do actions or personified motions. Cartoon characters that perform actions or movements in cartoon shows are by this rigging software.

Melior games, 9th floor studios, Eastworks Studios, N-iX, and ZVKY are the Top 5 2D animation outsourcing companies in the world.

Yes, there are some best 2D animation software available for free, such as Synfig, Opentoonz, Mae Floresta, and Pencil 2D. If you need more advanced features you can go with Maya and Blender.

Yes, 2D animation is easier if you have clear script, storyboard and right software for implementation.

When it is comes to beginners, the Pencil 2D is the best software for them to implement 2D animation. If you want to try some more then you can use Synfig and Flipbook.

Digicel Flipbook is the easiest 2D animation tool allow you to create traditional frame by frame animation. In this you can scan your paper drawings or you can draw directly onto the software.

No, 2D animation can’t be dead as its cheaper and used widely in many industries. Most of the animators or artists prefer 2D animation as their medium of their work.

Yes, off course you can. It is all about your preferences. You can draw on paper and take picture of each image or scan your paper copies then organize it or else you can use tablets to draw your preferred 2D images.

Yes, the process of converting real time footage to animation is called video rotoscoping.

Animators often require two monitors because when animating on one screen you should need your reference piece on another screen. Your monitors should have 64-bit intel processor or AMD multi-core processor and 8GB RAM.

In 2D animation, there is a mix of graphics, voice and text that helps the viewers to understand the information easily.

With 3D animation we can sat it is completely possible but in case of 2D animation the person must have atleast basic drawing skills; if not, then you can use video rotoscoping.