Conventional Animation
(Key-frame animation)

The name "Key-Frame Animation" comes from combining the use of key frames and inbetweening. The name is also applied to computer-based systems that mimic this process.

Storyboard (outline of the animation)

Detailed layout (drawing for every scene in the animation)

Soundtrack (instants at which significant occur are recorded in order)

Key frames are drawn

Inbetweening

Pencil test

Cels are painted, composition of foreground and background

Assembled cels are ordered and filmed