Animation has always played an important part in the entertainment business. The entire cartoon industry is based on the animation technology. Also, many movies that make use of animation have been released and the number has grown in the recent years. These days, many companies also make use of this technology on their websites in order to market their products in a better way.
In the recent years, animation is carried out mainly by making use of computers. Much software has been developed in order to handle both 2 D and 3D animations. 2 D animations are created and modified if required by making use of either the bitmap graphics or the vector graphics techniques. The software that is used for the same includes MS PowerPoint, the Adobe Flash player that has been developed in the recent years etc.
3 D animations need the use of software that is more complicated in nature. Usually, in order to create 3 D characters that are animated in nature, one needs to make use of the animator. The animator is a live entity that performs the motions that are replicated by the animated character in concern.
The field of animation will continue to grow in importance in the years to come.
