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Everyone in Animation World freaked out when Disney pulled Chris Sanders off the upcoming CGI flick American Dog. But what's really going on? (Source: jimhillmedia.com) Wha' happened? The Walt Disney Film Animation division, and its chief creative officers John Lasseter and Ed Catmull, pink-slipped director Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch) and 166 animators off the upcoming animated flick American Dog , which was supposed to be Disney's big summer flick for 2008. Considering that Lilo and Stitch has been a rare bright spot for Disney animation, and Sanders commands a great deal of respect in the industry, Lasseter & Catmull started to look like the Grinch Who Stole Christmas ("You're as cuddly as a cactus . . .). However, a closer look reveals some interesting details. Now that Pixar is essentially a Disney subsidiary, there's no need for Disney to stay in the CGI animation business. In fact, there's a very compelling reason for Disney NOT to stay in CGI

Animators complain that 2 Oscar nominees (Happy Feet and Monster House) use motion capture technology. Is Mocap is killing animation, or is it the logical heir to rotosco As you all know by now, there are only 3 nominees for Best Animated Feature Film at this year's Oscars, despite a crowded field in 2006. That's because the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) decided that Luc Besson's Arthur and the Minimoys (Arthur and the Invisibles in the U.S.) didn't contain enough animation to qualify for the category. (Quick note: according to AMPAS rules, a movie must have a minimum of 75% animated sequences in order to qualify as an animated film. Some wags wonder why 2003's Lord of the Rings: Return of the King wasn't considered an animated flick, since it had so many CGI sequences and characters.) There is another issue at stake. Several animators claim that, of the three movies that received a coveted Oscar nomination this year (Cars, Happy Feet, and

In this day and age, it seems that technology is taking over the world -- especially in the world of entertainment. The latest technologies aid in writing, producing, and making movies, so much so that entire movies can even be made through interactive media design. As this kind of technology becomes more popular, the number of interactive media design programs being offered in schools throughout the country are virtually multiplying. According to interactive media design professional Douglas Brull, interactive media design entails some sort of design element that one can interact with. "It could go anywhere from a poster to a website to an interactive DVD menu," he says. His alma mater is the Art Institutes International Minnesota, which defines interactive media design as a field that "requires talented people to combine sound, images, text, and animation in order to entertain and educate." The Art Institute also says that interactive media design is a "qu

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3D First Person Architectural Visualizations for Interior Designers and Architects. 2D drawings and plans can be difficult to interpret, and seldom provide a clear picture of what a new development will look like. 3D first person visualizations of proposed schemes are a powerful way to communicate more effectively with planning committees, clients, and other stakeholders, providing a reliable, and photo-realistic impression of the proposed or completed development, in the context of its surroundings. Using 3D engine technology allows a first person viewpoint perspective to enable customers individual and full 6 degrees of freedom of movement to explore and experience the development or completed environment. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnnEg6KCov8 or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8wD2nZdGQQ 3D Virtual Reality Walk-Through. Still images can't provide a complete picture of what a development is going to be like when it's completed. Computer generated 3D images and animat

3D animation is a more advanced graphical presentation with the help of computer and digital displayers. Animations such as movies, presentations, walk through, cartoon films, television advertisements and web stuff (life on the Web or Internet) became popular after people tasted 3D graphics. In general Multimedia stuff such as 3D Illustration, AV Presentations, Digital Video, 3D Medical & Scientific Animations are very useful in real life application in respective environments. Computer Graphics and Animations 3D computer graphics / animations are different from 2D computer graphics / animations in that a 3D representation of geometric data is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images. The rendered images are used for later display or for real-time viewing. 3D graphics animations show the angle of camera or viewers, virtual shoot of aerial footage and put the virtual reality 3D model into it perfectly so the 3D animation looks absol