In animation and special effects work, the storyboarding stage may be followed by simplified mock-ups called "animatics" to give a better idea of how a scene will look and feel with motion and timing. At its simplest, an animatic is a sequence of still images (usually taken from a storyboard) displayed in sync with rough dialogue (i.e., scratch vocals) or rough soundtrack, essentially providing a simplified overview of how various visual and auditory elements will work in conjunction to one another.

These often feature simple [[lineart]] with lines in different colors (see: [[color trace]]) and are almost always low frame-rate and feature rough sketches as frames. They sometimes feature numbered cells indicating the order of the keyframes.

h4. See also:
* [[production art]]
* [[animation paper]]
* [[color trace]]
* [[animated]]

h4. External Links:
* "Wikipedia (Storyboard: Animatics)":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyboard#Animatics]
* "Japanese Wikipedia (アニマティック)":[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%9E%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF]
* "Anime & Manga Stack Exchange: What are the different colors in anime production drawings for?":[https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5378/what-are-the-different-colors-in-anime-production-drawings-for]
* "What is an animatic?":[https://boords.com/blog/what-is-the-definition-of-an-animatic-storyboard]
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