Who Invented the Pixilation?

There's a word for the stop-motion animation of humans: pixilation, a technique made famous by Norman McLaren.

When was pixelation invented?

When were pixels invented? The history of pixels goes all the way back to 1839, when practical, commercially available photography was born.

What is pixilation explain it?

Pixilation (from pixilated) is a stop motion technique in which live actors are used as a frame-by-frame subject in an animated film, by repeatedly posing while one or more frame is taken and changing pose slightly before the next frame or frames. The actor becomes a kind of living stop-motion puppet.

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.