Character Animation

You may have seen movies like Shrek, which had purely 3D fictional characters. Just like buildings and regular objects these characters are made of 3D mesh, but this mesh moves, walks, runs, speaks, etc. Character animation is the task of making these meshes come to life with realistic motion.

The process actually uses a 3D version of bones and other advanced techniques to control the movement. The more realistic the movement the more bones and adjustments are needed. Each part of an animated character can also have intelligent controls that automate some movements when combined with others.

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