
9.5 Animation Tips and Guidelines
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as IK, free animators from some of the more laborious aspects of 3-D animation, allowing
them to concentrate on creating engaging characters and stories.
Rendering As in static 3-D graphics, rendering is the final step used to produce the
frames of a 3-D animation. Rendering creates the final animation frames by applying the
modeling, surface definition, scene composition, and motion specifications created by
the animator. An animation may be either pre-rendered or rendered in real time, “on the
fly.” The former approach is appropriate for applications with little or no interactivity,
such ...