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Computer-assisted animation production system
The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) was a proprietary collection of software, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by Walt Disney and Pixar in the late 1980s. Although outmoded by the mid-2000s, it succeeded in reducing labor costs for ink-and-paint and post-production processes of traditionally animated feature films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It also provided an entirely new palette of digital tools to animation filmmakers. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Computer Animation Production SystemA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Disney StoriesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Computer Technology-Based Three-Dimensional Animation Production System ManagementCited 0 times
- Go sideways: Traditional animationA closely related topic
- Go sideways: History of computer animationA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Disney StoriesNewton Lee · 2012
After Effects and Cinema 4D LiteChris Jackson · 2014
Creating a 3D animated CGI shortMichael Scaramozzino · 2011
Final Cut Pro 4 editing essentialsTom Wolsky · 2003
The Essential Digital Video HandbookPete May · 2004
Final cut pro 4 on the spotHarrington, Richard, Richard Harrington · 2003
Metody i sistemy seĭsmodeformat︠s︡ionnogo monitoringa tekhnogennykh zemletri︠a︡seniĭ i gornykh udarovIvanova, L. N. doktor medit︠s︡inskikh nauk, A. M. Blokhin · 2005
Inspired 3D short film productionJeremy Cantor, Pepe Valencia · 2004
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