2D animation is one of the major types of animation. It’s widely used for creating animated movies, cartoons, marketing videos, advertisements, corporate presentations, educational materials, video games, and so much more.

3D animation is a graphic technique that utilizes motion in order to bring characters, objects, props, and more to life. Though 3D animation has primarily been used in the creation of video games, films, and TV shows, its usages have grown alongside its popularity.

Clay animation or claymation, sometimes plasticine animation, is one of many forms of stop-motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually plasticine clay.

"3D modeling” refers to the process of creating a three-dimensional representation of an object using specialized software. This representation, called a 3D model, can convey an object’s size, shape and texture.

Cutout animation is a form of stop-motion animation using flat characters, props and backgrounds cut from materials such as paper, card, stiff fabric or photographs. The props would be cut out and used as puppets for stop motion.

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information.

VFX (visual effects) is the process of combining computer-generated imagery (CGI) with live-action video footage to create scenes that wouldn't otherwise be possible or to fix, stylize or adjust footage for creative or corrective purposes. Almost every type of film and TV production uses VFX.

The goal of an animatic is to define the timing for a piece of moving image. When used with a soundtrack, they're a quick and easy way to get a sense of a finished piece of moving image. Animatics are created by playing a series of images in order and changing the timing on each frame.

Rotoscope animation is the process of creating animated sequences by tracing over live-action footage frame by frame. Though it can be time consuming, rotoscoping allows animators to create lifelike characters who move just like people in the real world.

Kinetic typography is an animation technique that uses moving text to capture attention, set a tone, and entertain.

Compositing is the combination of multiple layers of images or video elements to render a final still or moving image. The combination of layers can be a physical or software-based operation.

A sound effect (or audio effect) is an artificially created or enhanced sound, or sound process used to emphasize artistic or other content of films, television shows, live performance, animation, video games, music, or other media.