2D Animation Vocabulary

Having 2 dimensions, as on a piece of paper; a 2D object has a height and a width.

• 2D

• Flip Book

• Persistence of vision

• animation

Is an advanced digital motion graphics and compositing software that facilitates the design and development of motion graphics and visual effects.

• flip book

• 2D

• Adobe After Effects

• animation

A popular tool for creating animations, advertisements, and various web page components, integrating video into web pages, and more recently, developing rich Internet applications.

• animation

• 2D

• Persistence of vision

• Adobe Flash

A sequence of images or objects that move in a rapid succession in order to create the illusion of movement.

• animation

• Adobe Flash

• Adobe After Effects

• flip book

A sequence of pictures placed on individual pages of a book. When the pages are flipped, each image is quickly displayed creating the appearance of movement.

• Adobe After Effects

• 2D

• Flip Book

• animation

Persistence of vision is the idea that images “stick” within your brain even after they are removed from your sight.

• 2D

• Persistence of vision

• flip book

• Adobe Flash