VISUAL TIMELINE OF ANIMATION

1831 Phenakitoscope
1834 Zoeotrope
1868 Kinetograph; flipbook
1872 Eadward Muybridge begins research into animals in  motion
1889 Kinetoscope
1886 Vitascope
1887 Praxtinoscope, Charles-Émile Reynaud
1892 Reynaud begins showing his animations in his theatre combining his earlier Praxtinoscope and a projector

1906 Humorous Phases of Funny Faces by J. Stuart Blackton

1908 Emile Cohl makes Phantasmagorie, first film depicting white figures on a black background
1910 'En Route' is made, it is the first cut out animation

1914 'Gertie, the Trained Dinosaur'. 10,000 hand-drawn frames

1917 'El Apostol' the first full length animation. 58,000 frames and 70 minutes

 1919 'Felix the Cat' by Pat Sullivan

 1923 Disney is founded by brothers Walt and Roy
 1928 Steamboat Willie, first film using synced sound

1961 John Whitney uses computers to generate graphics for title sequences. He starts to develop his hardware and create algorithms for more complex digital images

1979 'Graphics Group' is created, later renamed Pixar
1982 TRON uses CGI combined with film footage
1983 CGI is used in scenes from Star Wars, the Wrath of Kahn

1986 Pixars first animation, 'Luxo Jr' is released

1993 Jurassic Park uses CGI for realistic living creatures
1995 Toy Story is the first feature length, completely CGI movie