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From: eugene@eos.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: state of the business
Keywords: CGI, commercial, animation
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Date: 30 Aug 89 06:30:45 GMT
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This isn't a flame, but something to stimulate some discussion.
I think much of the state of the business can be seen in the recent
controversy on the cover of TV Guide.  It's not just a matter of
animation, but how we preceive realism.  This being born out in the media.

Gee I wonder what composition system was used to put the Oprah/Margeret
cover togther?  I wonder (seriously) who discovered this and how?
It probably fooled the public.  But is also shows the much of the orientation
of the business (for good and bad).

Another gross generalization from

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