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Drawings, frames, and exposures

Drawings, frames, and exposures

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Drawings, frames, and exposures

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- [Instructor] You'll often hear the words drawings, frames, and exposures used interchangeably, and there can be some confusion between them, but they do mean specific things. There may be times when it's really useful to know the difference. The terms originate from the pre-computer age, before we did everything in CGI or with software. Let's take a look at that. First of all, a drawing is, as the name suggests, a drawing. Think of a drawing as a physical drawing on paper. The next step in the process, to simplify things, the drawing will be then transferred onto a sheet of transparent cell, and then painted. Many cells then shot under a camera, and layered on top of the painted background. You could have different cell layers with different characters or overlay objects, but you get the idea. We start out basically with our drawings, and these contain timing charts. You'll see them on the top right, at the corner of the page. These have the instructions for the spacing and the…

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