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Bitmap -- Vector

What are they?
How are they different?
Problems if it is made bigger or smaller(scaling)
Example
When are they used
Advantages and disadvantages of each.
Optical illusion of motion:
This is an illusion that affects your eyes that when a number of still images are played one after the other at a fast rate we perceive as one object that is moving in the image and this is due to persistence of vision which is a term used to describe the Eye not being able to see the stops in-between the images and so it appears as a animation.
Hand Drawn:
Hand Drawn animation is the process of hand drawing every frame of an animation and this is a traditional technique which has since been abandoned due to the long time needed to produce an animation using this technique and it was replaced by computer animation as it was much faster. A technique usually used in Hand drawn Animation is Cel which is were a drawing on a transparent page is placed on top of another page and so allowed artists to create animations easier.
Flick Books:
Flick Books are a very common form of animation that has been used for many years and it involves a person drawing images that are slightly different on every page and usually the differences will add up to perform an action. The animation is visible when the pages are flicked through quickly one after the other and so due to the optical illusion of motion the human eye sees a animation this is a very basic idea of animation and is very easily done. Flick books are usually used for comedy or for showing off to other people.
ClayMation:
This is a form of animation that involves recording a set frame by frame using a camera and then playing these different frames at 10 to 12 frames per second and...

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...e to the new flash player within 6 weeks of them releasing it. Flash Player can a number of different Files, It runs swF. Png, MP3, FLV and JPEG as these are all able to be natively decoded and played back. Flash player is used to Play many online games on the web as it can run most animations.

Shockwave Player
It is a Multimedia Platform that allows webpages to add animation and interactivity to their website as it allows the website to run applications that were created in adobe Director Applications which are great for making simulations, Interactive games and prototypes and this is because director lets you use a lot of different content. Shockwave player allows anyone to use and view these applications on their computers as long as Shockwave player installed. It is a useful tool for adding games to your website as shockwave player is able to play most games.