Animation has always been a medium of entertainment for us in various ways. Since 1906, it has been used in different forms like sharing stories to invoke emotions. Now, taking of animation it is a process of making figure’s appear like moving images. The first animated film “Humorous phases of funny faces” was made in France in 1906. Traditional animation followed the method of painting the images on transparent celluloid sheet by hands and exhibit them into films but through innovation’s animations are now produced through computer-generated imagery. Animations have reached to such great heights that it now produces 3D and 4D animation films and promises for more in future.
Animation is now a very much important part of our life. This is because irrespective of age, everyone loves to watch animation. Animation helps us in Education like we all know students are better visual learners and use of animation like pictures and graphics helps them understand and remember better. It also provides Entertainment and the form is known as animation movies. Pixar, Disney, DreamWorks are some of the famous studios that produces animation movies. Animation is also used in fields like gaming, Simulations, Creative arts etc.
Animation generates a huge income for the economy. It is now more used in industry. The following industrial purpose it serves:
- Marketing and advertisement: In marketing a lot of promotion and advertisement is done and animation brings creativity to it like use of animation graphics, 3D effects, pictures, models makes it more attractive. Advertisement is the field where animation did its excellence. a huge amount is spent on animation by any industry and hence, use of animation is very important, it makes the advertisement attractive and look better
- Medical: Animation helps in better understanding of human anatomy with clarity. Even it helps in going surgery and makes micro objects visual. 3D medical Animation is widely used these days.
- Scientific Visualization: 3D models are used in scientific visualization for research and analytical studies.
- Engineering and Architecture: Animation in engineering and architecture fields are very useful as it is time saving and less costly. Designing of buildings and architectures can be done easily. In-fact 3D models are also used for designing.
- Manufacturing: this creates visual models of products which saves time and money spend for developing the product. Any error or problem in the model can also be detected easily.
- Retail Industry: Animation mostly benefits the retail industry. To showcase products in 3D retailers use animations. Animation incorporates a product and its features in a lucid manner. Animation is extensively used for display microscopic features and for displaying object from multiple objects.
- Simulations: animations are used in training where real-life training is dangerous or cannot be controlled. This is known as Simulations. For-example it is used in training pilots.
- Gaming Industry: the most extensive use of animation is in the gaming industry. Games consist of 3D characters and all of these characters are created by animation.
Animation is also used for other acknowledged industrial purpose. With more technological advancement animation is expected to expand its territory in future. 2D and 3D animation has already occupied the industry and with better upcoming software programs it will be more useful to industry in future.