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1. Is using life action footage for animation cheating?

   

   Topic by melviso · Aug 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I have noticed some animators use life action footage or act out scenes and then use them as reference when animating or some import the movie files and trace/pose their characters over the underlying life action footage to get quick results. I think its okay to use footage as reference to enable u notice things u would…

2. Re: Is using life action footage for animation cheating?

   

   Reply by MikeF · Aug 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   nah its not cheating, lots of older disney movies were animated this way. the key is to remember that even though anyone can trace a frame by frame recording, it takes an understanding of timing, weight and posing to bring out the life in those frames

3. Re: Is using life action footage for animation cheating?

   

   Reply by melviso · Aug 2013 · Home› Technical Talk

   I guess that's true.Perhaps what's important is getting the job done and not how it was done cause in truth,the clients really don't care.All they want to see is the final result.