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cel animation

animation process in which the characters are drawn on transparent celluloid sheets
Class type of: traditional animation Q64399574

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
animation technique
Subclass of
traditional animation[3]
Discoverer or inventor
Earl Hurd[2]
Significant event
patent application process[4]
Uses
cel[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en cel animation en cell animation en cel process de Cel-Animation de Zellanimation de Zelluloidanimation ja セルアニメ ja セルアニメーション ru келевая анимация ru целлулоидная анимация sv cellanimering
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Animation cells.png ↗
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/1313
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/cel-animation
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
cel-animation
Quora topic ID
Cel-Animation
Subreddit
AnimationCels

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Summary

cel animation is an animation technique[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Animation: A World History: Volume I: Foundations - The Golden Age. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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