Published between 1982 and 1995
David Jefferson tries his hand at computer animation with a software package for personal computers. DeluxPaint Animation is a comprehensive animation program for personal computers. It runs in 320 x 200 lines mode with 256 colours. This resolution is good enough for line testing animation, producing computer based business presentations or adding animated titles to … Read more
Backgrounds can be drawn and painted separately and then added to a sequence of animation once it is complete. The background can also be saved in an artwork file and used for other sequences. Several sequences with a common background can be linked at the player stage to form a longer sequence. A scanner may … Read more
Two events on the subject of computer graphics were held recently in London: the Time Multimedia exhibition, and Computer Graphics 1991 – a two day conference on computer animation. Report by Ken Clark. “If asked four years ago about the future of computer animation,” said Jan Carlee of Don Bluth Entertainment, “I couldn’t see where … Read more
Edwin Lutz on the subject of animation believability Taken from Edwin Lutz’s book: Animated Cartoons (published in 1920) By experience the artist will learn to know where to slight – “slight” isn’t exactly the word, but it will do – the drawing. With respect to this latter point, suppose there is some arm movement, with … Read more
Jerry Hibbert is a director of Hibbert Ralph Animation in London. He gave a talk at Computer Graphics ‘91 entitled The Computer as a traditional animator’s tool. At Hibbert Ralph they are still fundamentally working on paper and painted cel. However, they have embraced the use of computers to manipulate the hand created images. “Animation … Read more
The sets were placed on a giant rotating table with the cels held vertically in front. As filming progressed the table was rotated. “It gave some great effects but was a very limited approach,” declared Carlee. “The camera couldn’t move around the character, but it still gave a great multiplane effect. Disney, of course, used … Read more
“When you do something brand new it takes a bit of research,” declared Goldberg. “You need to spend a lot of time on it and you are not going to produce footage as quickly as you would by hand. This has to be counterbalanced by introducing efficiencies, having other elements that can be turned out … Read more
British animation’s big night out The occasion was the 1990 British Animation Awards held in the Assembly Rooms, Cardiff. Report by Graham Ralph. Read more… Whatever happened to Sunflower? It was the intention of the 50th Anniversary re-release of Fantasia to restore the film to its full original form. However, a subtle form of censorship … Read more
Animator. Autumn 1991. Issue number 28. Front cover illustration: Peter Lord in the Aardman Animations’ studio working on a chocolate egg commercial.
Report by Graham Ralph. The lurid pink jacket climbed the short flight of steps and turned to confront the three hundred guests. Compare for the evening; writer comedian Tony Slattery, welcomed Rolf Harris. The occasion was the 1990 British Animation Awards held in the Assembly Rooms, Cardiff on November 29th. For the next two hours, … Read more