Cacani
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Cacani, abbreviation for "Computer Assisted Cel Animation", is a 2D animation system that automatically generates in-between frames from key frame
s. Cacani is sometimes also written as CACAni or CACANI.
The Cacani system was started and is being actively developed by Computational Arts Group (CAG) in Nanyang Technological University
(NTU) of Singapore
. Cacani is currently being tested on creating anime
, a collaboration between Anime International Company (AIC) and CAG.
Key frame
A key frame in animation and filmmaking is a drawing that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition. They are called "frames" because their position in time is measured in frames on a strip of film...
s. Cacani is sometimes also written as CACAni or CACANI.
The Cacani system was started and is being actively developed by Computational Arts Group (CAG) in Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University
Nanyang Technological University is one of the two largest public universities in Singapore with the biggest campus in Singapore and the world's largest engineering college. Its lush 200-hectare Yunnan Garden campus was the Youth Olympic Village of the world's first 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in...
(NTU) of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
. Cacani is currently being tested on creating anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
, a collaboration between Anime International Company (AIC) and CAG.
See also
- AnimeAnimeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
- InbetweeningTweeningInbetweening or tweening is the process of generating intermediate frames between two images to give the appearance that the first image evolves smoothly into the second image. Inbetweens are the drawings between the key frames which help to create the illusion of motion...
- Anime International Company (AIC)