This paper discusses the relationship between Computer Animation and Visualization. It shows how Computer Animation methods may help to understand physical laws by adding motion control to data in order to show their evolution over time. It presents the state-of-the-art in Computer Animation, emphasizes new trends like physics-based animation, behavioral animation and VR-based animation. New ad...

The main goal of computer animation is to synthesize the desired motion effect which is a mixing of natural phenomena, perception and imagination. The animator designs the object's dynamic behavior with his mental representation of causality. He/she imagines how it moves, gets out of shape or reacts when it is pushed, pressed, pulled, or twisted. So, the animation system has to provide the user...

Most of the phenomena which may be represented on the screen of a workstation are typically time-dependent. The techniques of computer graphics allow the construction of 3D graphical objects using geometric modeling techniques. Moreover, in a 3D space, scenes are viewed using virtual cameras and they may be lit by synthetic light sources. In order to visualize these phenomena at any given time,...

Recent advances in computer graphics hardware offer an opportunity to extend 3D visualization techniques into a fourth dimension, time. But, computer animation the control and display of models, cameras, and lights in a simulated world is a complex process and software that performs animation should hide this complexity from users. Furthermore, because computer animation is not mature, modem an...

Computer animation is the use of computers to create animations. There are a few different ways to make computer animations. One is 3D animation. One way to create computer animations is to create objects and then render them. This method produces perfect and three dimensional looking animations. Another way to create computer animation is to use standard computer painting tools and to paint si...

The area of computer-generated animation as a tool for engineering analysis and design has been under development for a considerable number of years.,. In this paper, an attempt is made to describe some of the salient features of the development of computer animation techniques. This is accomplished by examining some of the history of the development, by exploring the types of animation techniq...

The importance of real-time character animation in computer games has increased considerably over the past decade. Due to advances in computer hardware and the achievement of great increases in computational speed, the demand for more realism in computer games is continuously growing. This paper will present and discuss various methods of 3D character animation and prospects of their real-time ...

Computer graphics (CG) and animation are reaching previously unparalleled levels. They are now virtually ubiquitous in most visual media; so much so that the general audience is starting to develop a blasé attitude towards them. For example, nowadays only the most extensive computer graphics and animation efforts in movies manage to draw any admiration from the viewer. Computer animation in TV ...