Animation Timeline

  • Flipbook animation Introduced

    Flipbook animation Introduced
    the first flipbook animation was created bu Joseph Plateau.
  • The Humpty Dumpty Circus

    The Humpty Dumpty Circus
    This was the first stop motion movie ever made, complete with figures and meticulous movement. It was about the movement of circus acrobats.
  • Fantasmagorie Cartoon

    Fantasmagorie Cartoon
    The first hand-drawn animated film ever was produced by the Gaumont company in Paris.
  • Invention of Rotoscoping

    Invention of Rotoscoping
    Animator Max Fleischer first used rotoscoping in his animated series "Out of the Inkwell". Back then it was only known as the Fleicher process, exclusive to only him.
  • Steamboat Willie

    Steamboat Willie
    The first celluloid animation made with synchronized sound.
  • Multiplane Camera

    Multiplane Camera
    In an animated film "The Old Mill", the multiplane camera was first used to create an illusion of depth to make it look more realistic.
  • Pong Video Game

    Pong Video Game
    The first video game ever made, featuring two-dimensional black and white animation and released on Atari.
  • Release of FX Fighter

    Release of FX Fighter
    This was the first video game to create real time fighting by using 3d Mocap technology. This encouraged other video game companies to use mobcap in their work
  • Toy Story

    Toy Story
    Toy story was the first 3D computer animated feature-length film released.
  • Avatar

    Avatar
    Avatar is the first mainstream live-action movie to be made fully in stereoscopic 3-D (S3-D).