The rapid display of a sequence of images of 2D or 3D artwork or model positions to create an illusion of movement.

Animation formats accepted are Flash (archives only), GIF, MP4, WebM and APNG.

Not to be confused with:

• interactive - if a Flash file has interactive elements, but nothing in it is animated, it should be tagged only as interactive, not animated.
• non-still - a term for any post that is not a static image.
• slideshow - a sequence of still images with a definite pause between the frames.

Related tags:

• huge_filesize
• loop
• long_playtime - Means that an animation plays for 30 seconds or longer.
• short_playtime - Means that an animation plays for less than 30 seconds.

Animation styles:

• 2_frame_animation - Animation made with only two frames.
• 2d_animation
• 3d_animation
• cinemagraph
• frame_by_frame
• motion_tweening
• pixel_animation
• subtle_animation - Barely any or very subtle movements that can also be hard to notice at times.
• turntable_(animation)