What is a cut cel?
The term cut cel can mean two different things. Perhaps the more common meaning these days is a cel that has been literally cut (trimmed) post-production. This is sometimes done by people who want to frame the cel at a different size or by people trying to force the image to be more centered. For clarity, some people refer to these as ‘trimmed cels.’ However, cut cel can also mean a cel that was cut from production. It was originally created to appear on the screen as part of a sequence but for whatever reason the scene was dropped or shortened and the cel was ‘cut out of the finished product.
The term cut cel can mean two different things. Perhaps the more common meaning these days is a cel that has been literally cut (trimmed) post-production. This is sometimes done by people who want to frame the cel at a different size or by people trying to force the image to be more centered. For clarity, some people refer to these as ‘trimmed cels.’ However, cut cel can also mean a cel that was cut from production.
