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From: bobl@pro-graphics.cts.com (Bob Lindabury)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: computer animated 'toons
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Date: 24 Aug 90 23:56:03 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from mce@tc.fluke.COM

> That sounds suspiciously like a major studio mogul saying "you can't make a
> movie for under ten million dollars".  A computer generated 'toon doesn't
> have to have the level of realism that Tin Toy aspires to.  It has to
> relieve the drudgery in creating a 'toon, allowing the artist to be more
> creative (try more and different ideas) in roughly the same amount of time.

That's exactly what Disney Studios does these days.  They do alot of pencil
testing and some motion tests on computers.  There are several other companies
that also use various PC's for animation roughs.

> Is the present state of the art up to it?  Perhaps.  Are the "top talent in
> the computer animation field" interested?  Doubtful.  Who would want to be
> associated with Desktop Cartooning?

Actually, Disney IS associating themselves with Desktop Cartooning.  Disney
just released software for the Amiga called "Disney Presents The Animation
Studio".  Comes complete with Disney drawn cartoons of Donald Duck and others
that you can load and run in real time on your Amiga.  Of course, these
animations are for people to learn animation and for working out moves and
such but not for final output as (from what I understand) it only supports low
resolution output.  Still in all, Disney is a pretty heavy hitter when it
comes to "toons" and they are certainly associating themselves with this
product.  Says alot for the Amiga as I've heard of no plans to make this
available on other platforms.

> Brian McElhinney	     "If a squirrel farts in the woods, does it smell?"
> mce@tc.fluke.com			      --From ZEN FOR AMERICANS, by me.


-- Bob
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