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From: mae%vygr@Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division})
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Subject: Re: What kind of gear are they using?
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Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 14:30:59 EST
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Pencils, Pens, Inks, Watercolors?

Seriously, tho., I believe most of Tron was rotoscoped, that is live action
(human beings) were shot, then selected parts of the scenes were
colored by hand. The exceptions were the solar sailor and the grid bugs. But
if memory serves, those scenes were not generated at Disney.

Siggraph had a panel with a couple of Disney animators on it. One was
a bit antangonistic about computer graphics, as he likes to draw by
hand(Glen somebody) and they other was mildly for it(Frank(?) somebody, one
of the 9(?) Old Men).

I have a feeling some of the dogs-in-the-junk yard was computer generated,
but I don't know how.

Oh yeah, a couple of years ago, Disney did do an experiment with
Synthevision(MAGI) about a dog in a house. I got the feeling the 
experiment was not considered successful enough to be used for the
bulk of the work.

Somebody at PIXAR probably knows the details.

mike (sun!mae), M/S 5-40
"Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one."