Eli5: how did animation work before computers?

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Did people literally just draw thousands of pictures that looked almost identical and then they stitched them together, like a flip book? How did they do it, and how was it even remotely cost-effective and worth the effort?

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omg . Ty for making me feel old.

I am an animator, computer 3D now. But my first jobs were doing exactly that. drawing every frame on a lightbox. Fortunately, we were at a time in technology where scanners existed and we scanned everything into a computer to compile. As opposed to literally taking a picture of each page with a giant overhead oxberry camera.

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