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From: nemesis
Date: 6 Apr 2011 13:18:41
Message: <4d9ca071@news.povray.org>
Invisible escreveu:
> On 06/04/2011 02:49 PM, nemesis wrote:
>>> 1. Pixar *is* Disney.
>>
>> It's not.
> 
> Disney bought Pixar a while back.

Nominaly, yes.  Practically, more like the inverse. :)

It's still not Disney, though.

>>> 2. I see motion capture as the future.
>>

> 
> I don't think that cartoons are going away anytime soon. But I think the 
> future of trying to look real is in motion capture.

certainly.

>>> It gives you far more expression with far less work.
>>
>> It gives you far *less* expression with less work.
> 
> If you animate by hand, then absolutely everything that happens must be 
> animated by hand. The result is either extremely expensive or not very 
> expressive. The human face, on the other hand, has evolved over billions 
> of years and constantly transmits emotion, intentionally or not. And 
> actors have spent centuries perfecting the art of emoting. These people 
> know what they're doing.

http://files.sharenator.com/steven_segal_emotion_chart_Steven_Seagal_Emotion_Chart-s513x708-65813-580.jpg

compare to:

http://www.animationarchive.org/pics/pbanimation19-big.jpg

:)

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