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Category Archives: Animation Business
The CalArts Story
Patricia Zohn, author of the recent Vanity Fair profile of Disney’s Ink & Paint women, has dug up another gem. This video produced by the Walt Disney Studios to promote CalArts has rarely been seen. CalArts, of course, was given … Continue reading
Posted in Animation Business, Art, History, Uncle Walt
Tagged Animation, Art, calarts, trivia, video, walt disney
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Walt Disney’s Secret Sauce – How to Train an Animator
In December of 1935 Walt Disney sent an 8-page memo to Don Graham, a Chouinard Art Institute animation instructor, with suggestions on how to train animators to be prepared for the intensive Walt Disney Studios animation process. This missive helped … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Animation Business, History, Uncle Walt
Tagged 1935, Animation, calarts, history, letter, training, walt disney, walt disney productions, Walt Disney Studios, wdfa
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Retro Disney: Amiga – Disney Animation Studio (1990)
Check out the Computer Chronicles archive video from 1990 with Sam Palahnuk from Disney Software demoing the “Disney Animation Studio” for the Amiga. How cool was that. I wonder how many of today’s animators got their start with this software.
Posted in Animation Business
Tagged amiga, disney animation studio, disney software, flashback, Online, retro, retro disney
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Ed Catmull on How Pixar Succeeds
Mashable was at a conference where Ed Catmull, the president for Pixar and Disney Animation, spoke on how Pixar is able to find success in innovation. He believes in the old saying “It’s better to ask for forgiveness than to … Continue reading
Posted in Animation Business, Corporate, pixar
Tagged business, conference, innovation, pixar, success
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Disney to end Zemeckis style Motion Capture Animation?
The LA Times reports that Disney has decided to shut down the ImageMovers Digital studio, which Robert Zemeckis uses for most of his Motion Capture style of film making. That’s sad news for the 450 employees of IMD, but I … Continue reading
Posted in Animation Business, Film, Walt Disney Studios
Tagged 3D, Animation, Avatar, disney, disney studios, Film, mocap, motion capture, movie, zemeckis
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