Week 9

sprite sheets are a series of images, usually 2D, put together in one texture (or atlas) 

the main benefit is that it greatly reduces how much texture loading and unloading the computer has to do, thus increasing performance. 

a sprite sheet is best used in PNG format with a transparent background 

individual sprites are extracted by slicing up the entire sheet

in 1878, Eadweard Muybridge became a pioneer in capturing movement with a camera, which paved the way for cinema 

subconsciously, we understand how things move, so horror animation can be done by changing the sequence of movement. 

if the first and last frames are the same, the loop will look smooth 

very common animations that can make the difference between something looking natural and uncanny valley are blinking and idling.