In Disney's 12 principles of animation, preparing the audience for a major action (such as bending knees before jumping) is called:
Anticipation communicates intent through smaller setup movements prior to a main physical action.
The 3D animation technique where a skeletal structure of interconnected bones is bound to a character's surface mesh is:
Character rigging attaches a digital bone skeleton to 3D geometry mesh vertices so animators can pose and articulate characters.
In 3D character rigging, calculating the joint angles required to position an end effector (like a hand) at a specific point in space is:
IK automatically solves parent joint rotation angles (elbow, shoulder) backwards from the target placement of the end joint (hand).
What traditional animation workflow involves drawing semi-transparent reference previews of preceding and succeeding frames on a light table?
Onion skinning displays ghosted overlays of surrounding frames so animators can verify motion continuity.
Which lossy video compression standard is widely known as H.264?
H.264 is formally designated as MPEG-4 Part 10 or Advanced Video Coding (AVC).