Editing Animator (section)

==Methods==
Historically, the creation of animation was a long and arduous process. Each frame of a given scene was hand-drawn, then transposed onto celluloid, where it would be traced and painted.  These finished "cels" were then placed together in sequence over painted backgrounds and filmed, one frame at a time.<ref>"How A Cartoon is Made" {{cite web|url=http://www.sci.fi/~animato/cartoon/cartoon.html |title=How a Cartoon is Made |access-date=10 January 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060925111819/http://www.sci.fi/~animato/cartoon/cartoon.html |archive-date=25 September 2006 }}</ref>

Animation methods have become far more varied in recent years.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=nyfa |date=17 October 2023 |title=The History of Animation: Celebrating Disney's 100 Years of Stories |url=https://www.nyfa.edu/student-resources/quick-history-animation/ |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=NYFA |language=en-US}}</ref> Today's cartoons could be created using any number of methods, mostly using computers to make the animation process cheaper and faster. These more efficient animation procedures have made the animator's job less tedious and more creative.

Audiences generally find animation to be much more interesting with sound. Voice actors and musicians, among other talent, may contribute vocal or music tracks. Some early animated films asked the vocal and music talent to synchronize their recordings to already-extant animation (and this is still the case when films are [[Dubbing|dubbed]] for international audiences). For the majority of animated films today, the soundtrack is recorded first in the language of the film's primary target market and the animators are required to synchronize their work to the soundtrack.<ref name=":0" />