#29 Spring 1992

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