7 Steps Process in 3D Animation Production

Process in 3D Animation Production

This blog will help you to understand how the process of animation is created by taking a very complex workflow and simplifying it into a basic 3D animation production step by step outline.

Below is the seven steps process in 3D animation production

7 Steps Process in 3D Animation Production

Step 1: Animation and Blocking

Based on the storyboard and animatic the animators start to animate the character using the key poses. Then, any environment details such as buildings, vehicles, trees, etc. are represented by basic shapes as the representation of the real model. It will save computer processing time and allows for quick changes. This step is generally the most labour, intensive and any major edits should have already been addressed.

Step 2: Lip Syncing

The Animators animate the facial expressions, body language and mouths to the vocal track. It can be done roughly or very precisely and accurately depending on the level of details.

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Step 3: Dynamics

This process can be done when a character requires flowing hair, clothing and any other types of effects that will be attached or involved with the character and scene. Most of the dynamic is made up of particles or sprites that are a heavy burden on computing power, so adding after the animation is essential for a good workflow.

Step 4: Dropping the Environment in Scene

The real 3D modeled environment is swapped out with the roughs. Depth and illusion are a major role at this point, a lot of matte artists create paintings for the background here, or vast 3D models can be designed depending on the scene and details.

Step 5: Lighting & Render Tests

Lighting and Render tests can be performed while animating the scenes or they can be done afterwards depending on the number of scenes and the changing of environment. If it is done after the animation process, then focus on lighting can be done by dedicated team members rather than the animator. The render tests may consist of multiple frames of animation to test a motion blur and other aspects of motion that need to be set in the place. Good lighting arrangement can make a world of difference in a project, which is why most 3D lighting artists are skilled photographers.

Click on below link: How to Render in after Effects

Step 6: Full Resolution Rendering

Once the animation process is complete, and every shot has been planned out, then one scene is exported at a time and sent to the rendering manager and servers which output to render nodes. Rendering is a difficult task if the animation is of high quality. Some effects can be added later to ease this process.

Step 7: Visual Effects & Compositing

As a sequence final render is output, then brought into program software like after effect for compositing and additional 2D effects onto the animation. This is where most visual effects are placed into the scene.

Click on below link: Visual Effects Compositing in Adobe After Effects