[Computer Animation] History of Animation

History of Animation

Early Animation Devices

• Filpbooks
• Stop Motion (Puppet, Clay)
• Cel Animation
• Chalk Animation
• Silhouette Animation

 

A Brief History of Animation

• 1877 : Emile Reynaud invented the Praxinoscope
• 1889 : Emile Reynaud invented Theatre Optique
• 1893 : Edison invtented the Kinetoscope
  • Only one viewer at a time
• 1894 : Lumiere invented the cinematograph
  • Camera + Projector + Printer
• 1900 : THE ENCHANTED DRAWING
  • Live Action Films + Replacement Technique
• 1906 : HUMOROUS PHASES OF FUNNY FACES
  • The first animation recorded frame by frame
• 1925 : "The Adventures of Prince Achmed"
  • Lotte Reiniger, 1st Feature Animation
  • Silhouette Animation
• 1885 : CRT(Cathode Ray Tube)
• 1960 : "Computer Graphics" coined William Fetter, a graphic designer for Boeing
• 1961 : John Whitney, Intro to Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo
• 1961 : Spacewars, 1st Video Game
• 1963 : Ivan Sutherland, Sketchpad
• 1980 : Tron, 1st Feature Film by CG
• 1986 : Luxo Jr. nominated for Oscar

PIXAR 영화 시작 부분에 등장하는 캐릭터의 기원

• 1995 : Toy Story, 1st Full CG Feature Film

 

Ed Catmull

• Computer Scientist
• Former President of Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Animation Studios
• Known for
  • Catmull-Rom spline
  • Subdivision Surface Method
  • Texture Mapping
• Hand Animation
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdedV81UQ5k
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfRAfsK5cvU 
• "... 손으로 그림을 그려 애니메이션을 제작할 수 없다면, 다른 방법을 찾아야 했다. 대학원 시절 나는 세계 최초의 장편 컴퓨터 애니메이션 제작을 목표로 설정했다. 나는 이 목표를 이루기 위해 20년간 지치지 않고 달려왔다." - Creativity Inc.

 

Ivan Sutherland's Students

• Ed Catmull
  • President of Pixar
• Jim Clark
  • Founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape
• John Warnock
  • Founder of Adobe
• Alan Kay
  • Smalltalk
  • Object-oriented Programming
• Frank Crow
  • Antialiasing