Part of Lesson Plan: Jobs of Animation

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Ink and Paint

Once the drawings for a sequence are completed, they are prepared to be photographed in process known as ink-and-paint . Digital ink and paint processes are gradually making these traditional animation techniques and equipment obsolete.  Digital ink and paint uses the same process as traditional ink and paint until after the animation drawings are completed; instead of being transferred to cells, the animators' drawings are scanned into the computer, where they are colored and processed using one or more of a variety of software packages.

The resulting drawings are composited in the computer over each respective background, which have also been scanned into the computer.  The computer outputs the final film by exporting a digital file or printing tofilm using a high-resolution output device.

{Artists will find that their craft can be refined and developed at art school if they are looking to develop a portfolio to attract a studio or production company.}