3. Basic animation terms

Before going on to other methods of animation, there are some basic animation terms you need to understand. These are

Frame

A frame is a single image within the complete animation sequence. You work on each frame to create the overall animation. For example, each image in the sequence below would be on a single frame.

Frame rate

This is the speed at which each frame is presented to the viewer. The film industry uses a standard 24 frames per second (fps). Computer games try and get as high a frame rate as possible such as 120 fps, this makes the action smoother.