Where can I find animation screencaps?

FrameThrower holds animation screencaps from 274 animated films, 19,123 frames in all, picked and indexed by lighting, shot size, colour and mood. Fan archives such as Animation Screencaps and FanCaps keep every frame of each film; FrameThrower keeps the frames worth studying and makes them searchable.

How many animated films does FrameThrower cover?

274 animated films with 19,123 frames, of which 48 are anime. They sit inside a wider catalogue of 5,489 films and are indexed identically to live action.

Why use animation as cinematography reference?

Because every element in an animated frame was chosen. There is no accident of weather or available light: the key, the palette, the lens character and the staging were all decided, which makes animation unusually clear as a teaching reference for exactly those things.

What is the difference between a still and a screencap?

In practice, none for reference purposes: both are frames from the finished work. The distinction that matters is against publicity art, which is made separately and shows images the audience never saw. Everything here is from the film itself.

Can I search animated frames by colour?

Yes. Every frame carries an extracted colour palette in hex, so you can search by a colour or a blend of up to six. Animation tends to be measurably more saturated than live action: the most saturated films in the whole catalogue are animated ones.

Animation screencaps

Animation screencaps from 274 animated films, 19,123 frames in all, from Pixar, Ghibli, Disney, DreamWorks and Spider-Verse. Every frame is indexed on lighting, shot size, camera angle, colour and mood, so you can search across all of them instead of scrolling one film at a time.

Animation is unusually clear as reference because nothing in the frame is accidental: the key, the palette and the staging were all chosen. Anime screencaps → Animation reference for animators →

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Animation screencaps: common questions

Where can I find animation screencaps?: FrameThrower holds animation screencaps from 274 animated films, 19,123 frames in all, picked and indexed by lighting, shot size, colour and mood. Fan archives such as Animation Screencaps and FanCaps keep every frame of each film; FrameThrower keeps the frames worth studying and makes them searchable.
How many animated films does FrameThrower cover?: 274 animated films with 19,123 frames, of which 48 are anime. They sit inside a wider catalogue of 5,489 films and are indexed identically to live action.
Why use animation as cinematography reference?: Because every element in an animated frame was chosen. There is no accident of weather or available light: the key, the palette, the lens character and the staging were all decided, which makes animation unusually clear as a teaching reference for exactly those things.
What is the difference between a still and a screencap?: In practice, none for reference purposes: both are frames from the finished work. The distinction that matters is against publicity art, which is made separately and shows images the audience never saw. Everything here is from the film itself.
Can I search animated frames by colour?: Yes. Every frame carries an extracted colour palette in hex, so you can search by a colour or a blend of up to six. Animation tends to be measurably more saturated than live action: the most saturated films in the whole catalogue are animated ones.

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