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n. (alternative spelling of cleanup English)
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Clean-up is a part of the workflow in the production of hand-drawn animation.
In traditional animation, the first drawings are called "roughs" or "rough animation" because they are often done in a very loose fashion. If the animation is successfully pencil tested and approved by the director, clean versions of the drawings have to be done. In larger studios this task is given to the animator's assistant, or, in a more specialised setting, to a clean-up-artist. The artist doing the clean-ups is responsible for the final line and finished look of the shot.
Clean-up animation is the process of creating the final drawings you see in the finished film. It does not necessarily mean a "clean" fine line. The artist, usually a team or artists, uses key drawings and animation charts from the animator, making it appear as though one artist has created the whole film. The clean-up artists will follow the intentions of the animators and stay true to performance and movement.
Clean-up is generally done on a new sheet of paper. They can be done on the same sheet as the rough animation if this was done with a "non-copy blue" pencil. This certain tone of blue will be invisible for photocopying machines or grayscale scanners, where the finished animation will be copied on cels or transferred into a computer for further processing.
On average clean-up usually takes twice as long as the rough animation pass because of the precision and extra drawings that are required to complete a shot.
Usage examples of "clean-up".
Bowling and Billard Center caught Phil the clean-up boy, and badgered him into a fight.
The clean-up team seemed to be taking great interest in the bioluminescence in his hands.
Blue indicates low-dose, and red means a bad hot spot that we need to worry about in the remediation program for nuclear waste clean-up.
Either way he would look after her until the Moonraker was safely fired and then, before work began on the Mark II weapon, there would have to be a very thorough clean-up indeed.
If the dogs could tell the difference between the two, they could make a tremendous contribution to the dangerous clean-up efforts on these islands.
Also, nobody had bothered to send the clean-up crew for the man whom Debbie had shot.
All in all it had been one of the messiest clean-up operations ever conducted.
After a skirmish at the buffet table had spilled a quantity of food, Miss Davis organised a clean-up campaign.
He had put down a shaft on a flat bench at the bend of the creek and he was down a ways and making a fair clean-up.
Hesitating at the door, she wondered if the old crone had done a good job of clean-up.
Fearful of the bronze man’s uncanny powers, Jingles and Silky Joe had made a quick clean-up and departed.
On the other hand, she did not have a lot of time to fret over the delay, since in addition to planning the mural and her other duties of teaching and taking turns in the manual labor of the community (chicken shed, kitchen, and clean-up crews&mdash.
On the other hand, she did not have a lot of time to fret over the delay, since in addition to planning the mural and her other duties of teaching and taking turns in the manual labor of the community (chicken shed, kitchen, and clean-up crews—.
Ray did the clean-up, he tidied the loose ends, _he's_ the one who hid the shotguns, he's the boss man, he's been giving the orders since you were giving out butthole up at Casitas.
Several skeletons lay on die dirt road leading to the lowlands, where the clean-up squad had shot them as they fled into the darkness from their burning houses.