Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [read pinned comment]

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters recommend it in motion-smoothing and interpolation threads as an overview of why interpolation hurts animation.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Noodle

Topic

frame interpolation in animation

Format

explainer

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2024

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• Counterpoint: this YouTube rant by an animation person called Noodle is a pretty good overview of why frame interpolation sucks. [VIDEO] Basically, low FPS can be a stylistic choice, and making up new frames at playback time often completely butchers some of the nuances present …

• Can't have a conversation about inbetween frames without sharing this[1] Noodle video. Now granted the interpolation there is pretty rigid, and the goal of this dataset will be to train an LLM replicate hand tweening, but I can't help but feel there's going to be …

• A really good video on the subject: [VIDEO] The gist is that, for animation, frame interpolation messes with intended timing and can produce incoherent images on interpolated frames and odd frame rate issues for certain kinds of animations. Interpolation can thus cause animations to lose …