Cutting edge CG animation from 1971

Posted by Leonard Teo 19 April 2012 6:50 am

This is a digital dub of a 7 minute, 45 second 16 mm film produced in 1971 by the National Research Council of Canada, in Ottawa. It demonstrates not only one of the first ineractve computer systems for animation, one used for production, it was also an outstanding example of early user-centred design.

The system was developed by Marceli Wein and Nestor Burtnyk, both of whom won Academy Awards for this influential work. For some additional information, see also:

Burtnyk, N. & M. Wein, M. 1976. Interactive Skeleton Techniques for Enhancing Motion Dynamics in Key Frame Animation, Communications of the ACM, 19(10), 564-584 .

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Jo Hannes

Jo Hannes

said 19 April 2012 10:42 am
This was great! Funny to see the scroll wheel was a device separate from 'the handheld position-er called a mouse'

Thanks for that.

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CEO, Ballistiq Digital
Montreal, Canada

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