Advances in technology today have made animations in movies and video games very realistic unlike in previous years. Unlike before when animated features were drawn by hand, today the drawing is done using computer software. Today animated movies are designed not just for children but also for their adult counterparts.

How is animation done today?

Today, most animations are made with computer-generated imagery (CGI). ... Television and video are popular electronic animation media that originally were analog and now operate digitally. For display on the computer, techniques like animated GIF and Flash animation were developed.

What is the evolution of animation?

The evolution of animation is an ongoing process. However, what we regard as animation today came into being in the 1800s with inventions like the magic lanterns and the zoetrope. It was when animation was brought to cinema that we began to see substantial development in successive eras of animation.