afterimage

The effect of a moving object still being visible after having moved. In art, this is used to illustrate motion by showing multiple copies of an object at different points in time.

This is similar to motion blur, except the object is not necessarily blurry.

Examples

Hands moving

Head nodding

Fox jumping

tail wagging

See also

• Motion blur
• Pendulum limb
• Smear frame
• Speed lines
• Sandevistan
• Wheel o feet
• Wheel o hands
• The Weaker Sex 1
• Tag Group:Image Composition