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Onion Skinning

Onion skinning is a 2D computer graphics term for a technique used in creating animated cartoons and editing movies to see several frames at once. This way, the animator or editor can make decisions on how to create or change an image based on the previous image in the sequence.

In traditional cartoon animation, the individual frames of a movie were initially drawn on thin onionskin paper over a light source. The animators (mostly inbetweeners) would put the previous and next drawings exactly beneath the working drawing, so that they could draw the 'inbetween' to give a smooth motion.

In computer software, this effect is achieved by making frames translucent and projecting them on top of each other.

Taken from wikipedia.

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Stick

Short for Stick Figure (see below). "Stick" often refers to the computer file that stores a stick figure. These files have a ".stick" extension.

Stick Figure

A stick figure is a very simple type of drawing made of lines and dots, often of the human form or other animals. In a stick figure, the head is represented by a circle.

Taken from wikipedia.

Within Stickflick, all objects are called "Sticks", or "Stick Figures", even complex figures that aren't stick-like at all.