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It's only good for anime where the fps is extremely low

• dully-abrading 3y ago
  Animation is the worst use case for motion interpolation because the frames are individually drawn and timed by the animators to achieve a particular look and feel.
  • ethbr1 3y ago
    *Used to be. Now they're rendered
    • tuna74 3y ago
      A lot of animation is still drawn. Some CG anime is also combined with 2d drawn elements (like in SpiderMan into the Spiderverse).
      • ethbr1 3y ago
        The luddite hacker in me wants to try interpolation on early Ghibli movies.
        • imp0cat 3y ago
          Do it! I personally love the old Looney Toons, it makes them so smooth it's almost unreal (but in a good way).
• nyx 3y ago
  Counterpoint: this YouTube rant by an animation person called Noodle is a pretty good overview of why frame interpolation sucks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KRb_qV9P4g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KRb_qV9P4g Basically, low FPS can be a stylistic choice, and making up new frames at playback time often completely butchers some of the nuances present in good animation.
  • jandrese 3y ago
    Personally I'm dubious. There may be times when the low framerate is a stylistic choice, but the vast majority of the time it's purely a budget thing.
    • tuna74 3y ago
      If you are a good director you can make the most of that low budget. Look at the first episodes of Scum's wish (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6197170/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6197170/) if you want a good example.
    • wodenokoto 3y ago
      Which the style is then centered around. If it had looked better with frame interpolation the studio could have baked it in, before release.
  • jeroenhd 3y ago
    Low FPS can be a stylistic choice, but as a member of the audience, I tend to disagree with that choice. Perhaps it depends on the quality of the execution, but there are shows where I wished I had frame interpolation.