Fw: Sign of the times :(

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Tue Oct 15 23:52:01 2002

Chad Fernandez wrote:
> Ben Franchuk wrote:
>
>> You don't watch much Japanese Animation do you.
>> It is only the USA that can't draw and needs to
>> go computer generated 3D.
>
>
> Anime doesn't have the detail or frames per second of US animation. I've
> noticed the Japanese are doing computer generated stuff too. Some of
> the stuff I've seen an Cartoon network has got to be computer generated.

Cartoon network is not the place to watch Anime. While both the US and Japanese
animators are under both money and time pressure to crank out TV shows, it is
the movies that show the talent of the artist. Anime is a kid's product from
the US point of view, where everywhere else it is respected prime time media
ranging from general vewing to very XXX rated products with all sorts of
storylines ranging from cute to horror and gore.
Right now the problem is not generating 3D but rather developing
a interface that a arist can use quickly and effectivly. The DVD Shrek has
a lot on how they made the movie. Computers are just a tool and they
will always comeup with new ways to use them.
2D animation seems nowdays to use more specal effect shots like zooming
and depth of field that computers are good at with helping the artist.
Both 2D and 3D are more state of the art than most people think but 3D
still needs work to have people look realistic and still generate quickly.
Received on Tue Oct 15 2002 - 23:52:01 BST