Re: FLASH: flash cartoons + computer arts?

[brzys]

Hi Ben,


True true, can't compare to "Wallace and Gromit" they are in a class by

themselves!

Occasionally I see his trademark smile on TV ads, his work certainly stands

out!


Also I've tried my hand at Clamation, it's fun, but it takes a long, long,

long time to create. My hats off to any animator with that kind of patience!


Oh, in reference to being in the middle of no where; no you're not, you're

connected to the web, ahem to the world my friend! Try Amazon.com,


http://www.amazon.com


BarnesandNobel.com, you'll find lots and lots of periodicals featured there.


http://www.barnesandnobel.com


Add your own favorite flavor of coffee, and read read read!


cYa,


Mary Brzys


----- Original Message -----

From: Ben Park <

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Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 8:22 AM

Subject: Re: FLASH: flash cartoons + computer arts?



> I wrote: The real genius of things like Toystory is Pixar - Disney's own

> actual cartoons are shoddy with no detail whatsoever.

>

> OK - maybe I was a little hasty with my above comment. I'm more of a lover

> of claymation really (just cause it's 3d), as it has so much more detail.

> Look at the detail in something like "The Lion King" and then compare that

> to how many hours must have been spent on Wallace and Gromit to get every

> tiny bit right, and I think Aardman Animation win hands down on this.

>

> My comparing of Disney and Pixar, was more on the detail side of things.

Toy

> Story has way more detail than I've ever seen in any of Disney's

> self-proclaimed masterpieces, like Fantasia and Dumbo (and what drugs were

> the animators on in dumbo? Pink elephants that merge together and all

that?

> I think they took the "stick that in your pipe and smoke it!" saying a bit

> literally : )

>

> Anyway - to anyone in the UK that reads Computer Arts - is that magazine

> with Cinema 4D XL 6 in it still on sale or have they moved on to the next

> issue yet? Issue 43 it was.

> I only ask, cause as I am only able to use the internet at peak rate

during

> the week, (which is 4p per minute here in the UK and I only have a 56k

> modem) so if it is any more than about 9mb, it would be cheaper to buy the

> mag, plus I'd get the articles and all the other interesting stuff in

there.

>

> Sorry - if thats a bit of a lazy question, but I live literally in the

> middle of nowhere, and although there's a supermarket, there mag selection

> is crap - we're talking a mile walk to get computer arts here.

>

> Ben

>

> -----Original Message-----

>

From: Michael Dunn <mdunnthemericaagency [dot] com>

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To: flasherchinwag [dot] com <flasherchinwag [dot] com>

> Date: 20 April 2000 17:45

> Subject: Re: FLASH: flash cartoons

>

>

> >Okay, although I disagree (though I'll give you Pocahontas and Hercules

> >sucked) I meant that as a generalization, knowing also that Disney uses

> >computers to do much of the animation (esp. background and inbetweens) or

> >Rescuers Down Under which was entirely computer generated. Specifically a

> >look like The Road to El Dorado, with shadows and all that. Though a look

> >like Akira or Ghost in the machine would also be neat-o.

> >

> >I'd actually love something that would be able to allow me to get enough

3D

> >to make it realistic, then flatten it, frame by frame, like a coloring

book

> >with lines to fill in. That'd be ideal. I know this is similar to what

> Swift

> >3D does, I'm just not sure which programs are best for creating the

actual

> >3D stuff (on Mac). I looked at Carrara by MetaCreations (Way too complex)

> >and Ray Dream Designer (also by MetaCreations) and Strata Studio...

pretty

> >expensive. And Poser, which looks like the best bet for figure creation.

> I'm

> >not opposed to hand-animating or hand-drawing (at which I'm fairly

decent),

> >I just need something to help create the forms as templates to speed

things

> >along.

> >

> >These are gonna be short-short animations. Any tips?

> >

> >Michael

>

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