Smoother animation ≠ Better animation [read pinned comment]

Noodle, an animation creator, explains why frame interpolation and motion smoothing make animation look worse rather than better. He argues that frame rate and timing are deliberate artistic choices, and that adding generated in-between frames breaks the intended timing and can produce incoherent images.

HN people use it as the go-to explanation of why interpolation, motion smoothing and AI frame boosting harm hand-made animation.

“this YouTube rant by an animation person called Noodle is a pretty good overview of why frame interpolation sucks.”