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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Max Headroom
Keywords: How was he done?
Message-ID: <688@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 27 May 89 12:30:19 GMT
Organization: Corpane Industries Inc., Louisville, KY
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I know this is a bit away from the mainstream technical topics of this
newsgroup, but please indulge me :-)

I was wandering: How was Max Headroom animated? It looks an awful like computer
animation, but I heard somewhere that he was created using standard animation
techniques? 

Does anyone here know for sure which? If he was computer graphics, how did they
do it? He had some incredible facial expressions, and very realistic shading.


If he was created using normal animation, how did they make it look so
computerized? Incredible shading. Is it possible using todays techniques to
create a digital puppet that would perform as Max does? 


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