At first we thought maybe, just maybe we were looking at some slick animation of a static device.
Coming in at number three on the list of computer animation is Arthur Christmas, a recent seasonal film that has some simply wonderful animation and lots of smart humor.
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After being duly impressed by some native 4K animation clips, we shifted to still images in order to focus solely on resolution.
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While the film had gorgeous animation and some truly well done scenes, it never really managed to be very exciting.
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He and his team were plowing through Pinocchio and found themselves in a creative bind as they wrestled with some basic questions of animation, like how to draw the main characters.
That's us, that's our blue dot, not some stock image, or animation ...
It paid to have some earlier "Cut the Rope" animation episodes shown in movie theaters in the U.S. late last year.
In his view, the uncanny valley effect has to do with a mismatch in features of a single animation or robot, with some parts appearing much more humanlike than others.
Then again, I suspect the 3D version sacrificed some of the lush color that made the animation so fantastic.
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The animation, computer-assisted in some of the more elaborate sequences, is sometimes impressive, but rarely impressive enough to overcome a certain impersonality a stubborn mechanical coldness.
The company is working a short animation series, and is working on some distribution deals for the show.
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In addition to data-intensive web applications, Shalom sees applications like fraud detection, 3-D animation, and blocking malicious software as some of the beneficiaries.
But those awards would be presented with an eye to some of the technical innovations made in the performance and animation of the film.
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Zynga has added some Hollywood muscle, appointing Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG to its board.
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If I might take this one step further, through film, television, digital media, theater and animation, we know that we have in our hands some of the most powerful tools and platforms in history for creating and delivering stories to the widest possible audiences around the world.
While Amorphium lets you add some basic motion to scenes, it's not a full-blown animation package along the lines of Kinetix's 3D Studio Max.
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