Animation Pipeline (TLE 10)

A system consisisting of people, hardware, and software aligned to work in a specific order to do pre-determined tasks in a pre-determined time frame, which will lead to a 3d animation product or asset as the final output

Other term for Animation Pipeline

The research, designing, and planning phase of the entire 3d project

The stage where all previous efforts must pay off and transform into action

A 3d version of the 2d animatic

The process of developing a geometric surface representationof any object in a specialized 3d aurface such as Maya or 3D's Max

The process of creating and applying texture to a 3d model

Where a bone structure is put into the 3d object so that the animators can move different parts of the geometric object as quickly and efficiently

The movements of the 3d objects or characters in a scene or setting are created during this stage. Usually the most time-consuming part of creating a 3d animated video

Where a 3D animator animates almost everything, but elements like hair, fur, water, fire, clothes, or dust; key-framing them would be too difficult or

even impossible