Frame rate per second vs number of drawings #tips #tutorials

[Osukaanimations]

More frames =/= better. It hurts me when people upload those 60fps animations thinking they are improving it. About your walk cycle, the 12fps is my favorite.

[harnikovna]

Idk why but 12 fps feels just perfect, the sweet spot

[Greatblade]

This’ll definitely help with my animation studies! Love the Elder Scrolls Oblivion music, by the way.

[VoidSpirals]

I think frames per second has been sort of (overhyped?) in animation. I see fps too commonly be associated with “good” animation. Which is why I wince whenever I see someone ask “what fps do you animate in?” because it really isn’t that important. What makes animations look good are all the keys and principles and other stuffs.

[battleframestudios]

You don't need to stick to 1 framerate. You can vary it even within a single shot. A dynamic framerate, I find, is the best way to get the best mileage out your drawings while still making it smooth. For example, you might animate a fast punch on 1s but the windup and overshoot for the punch could be on 2s.

[syuhaelailabdad]

60 Frames = Video Games
24 Frames = Movies
12 Frames = Actions And Dancing Scenes
8 Frames = Movements
6 Frames = Talking

[angstybag]

I 8fps. As someone who’s learning animation, it’s just easier and I like the aesthetic more than 24fps. I also just don’t like when the animation is above 30fps, i think it looks too flowy and “good”. Just my opinion tho lol

[MillipedeDeerEldergod]

2’s or 3’s, because I prefer the snappiness. It makes each motion seem decisive and clear, something to note, particularly with subtle changes, as there’s a bit more of a “look at this” conveyed vs smoother animation.
With smoother animation, things can seem rather unsettled, movements can look a bit too smoothed, almost jittery, like oil sliding over water, and subtleties are less clear.

Also, of course, making use of stretch-compress and blur frames with fewer tots frames saves a lot of time, and lends a conciseness about the motions.

A sort of “snap” instead of a “slosh”, to onomatopoeia the matter.

[plurparty]

ive been enjoying working with 8 FPS and lower recently, it looks way more pleasing to the eyes for me. not to discredit the huge amount of work that goes into higher framerates, but most people i see using incredibly smooth animation with their style idk it doesnt look great

[Sketch-An]

It honestly just depends on what I’m doing

That’s what I love about stuff like this. Technically there’s no “correct” way to do it. Just do whatever you want

[TitanDraugen]

One of my pet peeves is when video editors think that 60fps is better because of the "smooth" animation. They don't realize it can actually ruin the animation.

[dillonwright]

Whenever I animate, I tend to use ones and twos, because that’s how animation has always been for the older hand drawn animation, though I know for a fact Disney isn’t above using threes, because I’ve seen them use threes in a specific part of Beauty & the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.

[imtylerthecreator]

I love your character so much, he’s so cute!

[zirizo]

24 FPS - Disney movie
12 FPS - most western animation
8 FPS - Anime
6 FPS - Animatics/Pilots

[tydino]

it also helps to swap between them when needed and you can also have several things moving at different frame rates at once if you wanted.

[PhaeCat]

Love the demonstration it really helps

[SlushyDComics]

Thank you this really helps out with people who are getting into animation..

[Chiramino]

I started at 24 fps because every other animator does

But I started to animate in lower fps (around 12) not just because I loved the choppy feel, I just watched the spiderverse😂

[japaeba]

honestly, for me, it is better to use less frames in actions or combat scenes (and use smears as well!) it gives that great impact in these scenes

[Derpy_Crow]

8 is my favorite. It’s also the animation rate I usually animate at.