Description
Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
- • Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
- • Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
- • Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
- • Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.
- • Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.
- • Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.
- • Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
- • Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.
- • Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.
- • Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.
- • Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.
- • Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning.
- • Implement and maintain configuration control systems.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
