Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!sun!vygr!mae From: mae%vygr@Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: What kind of gear are they using? Message-ID: <35470@sun.uucp> Date: Thu, 3-Dec-87 14:30:59 EST Article-I.D.: sun.35470 Posted: Thu Dec 3 14:30:59 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Dec-87 05:38:31 EST References: <1987Dec1.141501.13703@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> <609@aucs.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: mae@sun.UUCP (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) Distribution: na Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 24 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."