Stop-motion animation is used to describe animation created by physically manipulating real-world objects and photographing them one frame of film at a time to create the illusion of movementComputer software is widely available to create this type of animation; however, traditional stop motion animation is usually less expensive and time-consuming to produce than current computer animation.

 

Puppet Animation, Puppetoon, Clay Animation

 

2D animation

 

A 2D animation of two circles joined by a chain

 

2D animation figures are created or edited on the computer using 2D bitmap graphics or created and edited using 2D vector graphics.This includes automated computerized versions of traditional animation techniques, interpolated morphing, onion skinning and interpolated rotoscoping.

 

2D animation has many applications, including analog computer animation, Flash animation and PowerPoint animation. Cinemagraphs are still photographs in the form of an animated GIF file of which part is animated.