For artists working in cell animation, traditional craft tools are used: pencils, paper, paints, erasers, lightboxes, and a camera to capture each drawn frame. Whether 2D or 3D, computer animation employs a computer powerful enough to do the job, meaning plenty of RAM for quick rendering and powerful graphics cards. A digital stylus and tablet are needed to substitute for paper, pencils, and coloring tools. The software includes Blender, Angular, and After Effects, which Adobe offers in its Creative Cloud. Cinema 4D is a widely used 3D animation program that spans from beginner to professional level projects. When working in stop motion animation, a good camera and light kit is the place to start; lighting is especially important in this technique. Models and objects must be engineered to move the way you want them to. And you can either create the environments your objects move against or shoot against a green screen to add your environments in post-production.