The Adventures of Yellow Bee
28/08/04 15:55
The Adventure of Yellow Bee
Vietnam Television Film Company (VF
"The Animo system has outstanding advantages in adjustment and processing images:
- High management grade and stability make it easy for managers
- Sharp scanning method can ensure image quality
- Scanning and drawing adjustment software is very fast and sophisticated
- Autofill and checking of ink and paint doubles productivity
- Director module makes it easy to cover scenes and adjust images
- The best quality rendering completely matches PAL system in Vietnam"
Cambridge Animation Systems to join The Digital Hub
19/08/04 10:25
Cambridge Animation Systems to join The Digital Hub
9th August, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, UK (8nd Sept. 2004) – Cambridge Animation Systems, developer of Animo 2D software, announced today that the company would now have its headquarters at The Digital Hub, Dublin, Ireland. Cormac Slevin, who has been with the company since 1998, will manage the new office. The company has restructured its management team and gained new shareholder backing. Peter Florence, an original founder of Cambridge Animation Systems, will stay on as a shareholder alongside the new investment group; Digital Animation Media Ltd. The success of the recent release of Animo 6.0 has allowed Cambridge Animation Systems to make this ground breaking move. The company will continue to develop its Animo line of products at this exciting new location. There are also plans in development for CAS to collaborate with some of the leading animation producers in Europe. “Our aim has always been to provide outstanding software and support for both Mac and PC, this will remain the focus for the future” says Slevin “I feel certain the changes that CAS has implemented will allow us to expand and adapt to an ever changing animation business” Philip Flynn, Chief Executive Officer of The Digital Hub welcomed the arrival of Cambridge Animations Systems. “We welcome our newest arrival to The Digital Hub. There are almost 40 companies located here working across the digital media sector, and employing in the region of 400 people. We look forward to Cambridge Animations Systems being an integral part of our growing cluster into the future”, said Mr Flynn. About Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge Animation Systems (www.cambridgeanimation.com) has been pioneering the development of cutting edge 2D cartoon animation software since its foundation in 1990. We are totally committed to the world of animation and to the delivery of innovative solutions, worldwide applications and high quality support. Animo, our complete 2D software package, is the industry standard 2D digital animation tool used to produce features, TV series, commercials and computer games with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in over 50 countries. Cambridge Animation Systems remains committed to pushing the boundaries of animation and broadcast technology and to delivering excellent value to animators around the world. About The Digital Hub The Digital Hub (www.thedigitalhub.com) is an Irish Government initiative to create an international digital enterprise centre in Dublin City centre. Dublin City Council, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are key partners in developing The Digital Hub. The vision for The Digital Hub is to create a global centre of excellence for innovation, creativity, research and learning.
9th August, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, UK (8nd Sept. 2004) – Cambridge Animation Systems, developer of Animo 2D software, announced today that the company would now have its headquarters at The Digital Hub, Dublin, Ireland. Cormac Slevin, who has been with the company since 1998, will manage the new office. The company has restructured its management team and gained new shareholder backing. Peter Florence, an original founder of Cambridge Animation Systems, will stay on as a shareholder alongside the new investment group; Digital Animation Media Ltd. The success of the recent release of Animo 6.0 has allowed Cambridge Animation Systems to make this ground breaking move. The company will continue to develop its Animo line of products at this exciting new location. There are also plans in development for CAS to collaborate with some of the leading animation producers in Europe. “Our aim has always been to provide outstanding software and support for both Mac and PC, this will remain the focus for the future” says Slevin “I feel certain the changes that CAS has implemented will allow us to expand and adapt to an ever changing animation business” Philip Flynn, Chief Executive Officer of The Digital Hub welcomed the arrival of Cambridge Animations Systems. “We welcome our newest arrival to The Digital Hub. There are almost 40 companies located here working across the digital media sector, and employing in the region of 400 people. We look forward to Cambridge Animations Systems being an integral part of our growing cluster into the future”, said Mr Flynn. About Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge Animation Systems (www.cambridgeanimation.com) has been pioneering the development of cutting edge 2D cartoon animation software since its foundation in 1990. We are totally committed to the world of animation and to the delivery of innovative solutions, worldwide applications and high quality support. Animo, our complete 2D software package, is the industry standard 2D digital animation tool used to produce features, TV series, commercials and computer games with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in over 50 countries. Cambridge Animation Systems remains committed to pushing the boundaries of animation and broadcast technology and to delivering excellent value to animators around the world. About The Digital Hub The Digital Hub (www.thedigitalhub.com) is an Irish Government initiative to create an international digital enterprise centre in Dublin City centre. Dublin City Council, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are key partners in developing The Digital Hub. The vision for The Digital Hub is to create a global centre of excellence for innovation, creativity, research and learning.
Penguin's Christmas
14/08/04 20:49
Penguin's Christmas
Animation Works - Netherlands
(AW) 2004
Penguin's Christmas (3' 30") is the first short film by Animation Works (Netherlands), commissioned by S4C Wales.
The short film tells the story of a penguin on the South Pole as he attempts to get his letter to Santa on the North Pole.
The film was written, designed and directed by Arjan Wilschut who previously animated on various animation projects in the UK, including 'Father and Daughter' by Michael Dudok de Wit.
The full film can be viewed on the Animation Works web site
http://www.animationworks.nl
Animo links up with Plastic Animation Paper
03/03/04 10:27
Animo links up with Plastic Animation Paper to
provide a complete animation solution
3rd March, 2004
http://www.plasticanimationpaper.dk/
Cambridge Animation Systems announces that the forthcoming version 6.0 of its Animo software will feature compatibility with Plastic Animation Paper (PAP), the acclaimed tablet-based animation application from Krogh Mortensen Animation (KMA) of Copenhagen, Denmark. The links from PAP into Animo create an outstanding solution that covers all stages of the 2D animation process from drawing to output. How It Works Animo 6.0 allows PAP animations to be included in Animo through two different methods: * A PAP file can be automatically converted into an Animo level file, which can then be processed, painted and composited just like a traditional scanned level. * PAP files can be brought directly into Director (Animo's graph-based compositor) using the new PAP Node, where they can be re-timed, re-coloured and have special effects applied. Perfect Partners "The partnership with PAP meets a long-standing desire to give Animo users an alternative to the traditional pencil, paper and scanner. PAP gives wonderfully clean, accurate drawings which feed perfectly into Animo's ink-and-paint and compositing workflow," says Naomi English, Global Sales Manager at Cambridge Animation Systems. "With this new relationship, we are very proud to be associated with Animo and Cambridge Animation Systems," says Niels Krogh Mortensen, CEO of KMA. "Our two applications complement each other perfectly, and this will help both systems and help many animators around the world. Animo has, in my mind, always been the best complete 2D animation system. However, when we started developing PAP we wanted to take a completely different approach by focusing solely on the animation process itself. We designed our system so you draw directly to the screen using a drawing tablet, making the animation process much more efficient and with focus on animation quality and character performance." Animo 6.0 entered the final stages of development and testing in February 2004 and is scheduled for release in Spring 2004. About Animo Animo www.animo.com is a high-end cartoon production suite, with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in nearly 60 countries, offering excellent opportunities to studios throughout the world to work with international partners. Animo is available for Windows and Mac OS X, and is used for feature films, television series, commercials, games and multimedia development by leading studios worldwide, including Nelvana, Production IG, Toonz India, Spider Eye, Yoram Gross, Dicell, UTV Toons, Telemagination, PASI, Colorland and Vietnam Film Company. About Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge Animation Systems Ltd www.cambridgeanimation.com has been pioneering the development of cartoon animation software since its foundation in 1990. It worked in partnership with Hollywood studios Warner Bros. and DreamWorks SKG to develop Animo into a truly world-class animation production suite with the highest levels of functionality and feature-film quality. About Plastic Animation Paper Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) www.plasticanimationpaper.dk is an easy, efficient, and realtime 2D animation package that enables the animator to draw, time and watch his or her animation as it develops from a few rough keys to final cleaned up line. For years, PAP has been the central software for most studios and independent animators in Denmark – a country with a strong animation tradition, internationally known for having some of the best animators, animation schools and studios in the world. As the word spreads, PAP is now in use all over the world. About Krogh Mortensen Animation Krogh Mortensen Animation a/s (KMA) www.km-animation.dk is a small and very innovative animation studio that produces computer animation for games, commercials and film. KMA also develops its own software and has been developing PAP since the birth of the company in 1997.
3rd March, 2004
http://www.plasticanimationpaper.dk/
Cambridge Animation Systems announces that the forthcoming version 6.0 of its Animo software will feature compatibility with Plastic Animation Paper (PAP), the acclaimed tablet-based animation application from Krogh Mortensen Animation (KMA) of Copenhagen, Denmark. The links from PAP into Animo create an outstanding solution that covers all stages of the 2D animation process from drawing to output. How It Works Animo 6.0 allows PAP animations to be included in Animo through two different methods: * A PAP file can be automatically converted into an Animo level file, which can then be processed, painted and composited just like a traditional scanned level. * PAP files can be brought directly into Director (Animo's graph-based compositor) using the new PAP Node, where they can be re-timed, re-coloured and have special effects applied. Perfect Partners "The partnership with PAP meets a long-standing desire to give Animo users an alternative to the traditional pencil, paper and scanner. PAP gives wonderfully clean, accurate drawings which feed perfectly into Animo's ink-and-paint and compositing workflow," says Naomi English, Global Sales Manager at Cambridge Animation Systems. "With this new relationship, we are very proud to be associated with Animo and Cambridge Animation Systems," says Niels Krogh Mortensen, CEO of KMA. "Our two applications complement each other perfectly, and this will help both systems and help many animators around the world. Animo has, in my mind, always been the best complete 2D animation system. However, when we started developing PAP we wanted to take a completely different approach by focusing solely on the animation process itself. We designed our system so you draw directly to the screen using a drawing tablet, making the animation process much more efficient and with focus on animation quality and character performance." Animo 6.0 entered the final stages of development and testing in February 2004 and is scheduled for release in Spring 2004. About Animo Animo www.animo.com is a high-end cartoon production suite, with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in nearly 60 countries, offering excellent opportunities to studios throughout the world to work with international partners. Animo is available for Windows and Mac OS X, and is used for feature films, television series, commercials, games and multimedia development by leading studios worldwide, including Nelvana, Production IG, Toonz India, Spider Eye, Yoram Gross, Dicell, UTV Toons, Telemagination, PASI, Colorland and Vietnam Film Company. About Cambridge Animation Systems Cambridge Animation Systems Ltd www.cambridgeanimation.com has been pioneering the development of cartoon animation software since its foundation in 1990. It worked in partnership with Hollywood studios Warner Bros. and DreamWorks SKG to develop Animo into a truly world-class animation production suite with the highest levels of functionality and feature-film quality. About Plastic Animation Paper Plastic Animation Paper (PAP) www.plasticanimationpaper.dk is an easy, efficient, and realtime 2D animation package that enables the animator to draw, time and watch his or her animation as it develops from a few rough keys to final cleaned up line. For years, PAP has been the central software for most studios and independent animators in Denmark – a country with a strong animation tradition, internationally known for having some of the best animators, animation schools and studios in the world. As the word spreads, PAP is now in use all over the world. About Krogh Mortensen Animation Krogh Mortensen Animation a/s (KMA) www.km-animation.dk is a small and very innovative animation studio that produces computer animation for games, commercials and film. KMA also develops its own software and has been developing PAP since the birth of the company in 1997.
Animo used on Kill Bill Vol. 1
01/02/04 20:58
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 Production IG for Miramax Film Co. 2003
Overview Kill Bill is both an homage and a reimagining of the genre films that Quentin Tarantino has seen and loved. Put simply, Tarantino describes the movie as a "duck press" of all the grindhouse cinema he's absorbed over the past 35 years. The film is conceived in chapters, each with the characteristic look and pulse of a specific genre and then interwoven with references from pop culture and other genres.
When a rubout sequence from a yakuza film is presented in Japanese anime imagery with a score lifted from an Italian Western, what comes through is a sense of the thematic and emotional binding energy that gives all of these forms their enduring power. Tarantino evokes not just the gaudy, engaging surface of genre cinema but also its rebel spirit. As a result, the archetypal characters of Vol 1 have a surprising undercurrent of emotional conviction that pulls us toward the ultimate confrontations of Vol. 2.
Kill Bill Vol. 1 opened nationwide on October 10, 2003, with Kill Bill Vol. 2 following on February 20, 2004.
Animo 6.0 adds fifty "most-wanted" features
03/01/04 10:32
Animo 6.0 adds fifty "most-wanted" features
1st March, 2004
Cambridge Animation Systems announces version 6.0 of its Animo software for Windows and Mac OS X, including fifty new features requested by Animo users worldwide. Following the release of Animo 5.0 in 2003, Cambridge Animation Systems have concentrated on responding to customer feedback by adding new functionality to increase the power and usability of Animo in many areas, with the aim of enhancing the experience for Animo users at all stages in the production pipeline, from system configuration, through scanning, processing and painting, to compositing and output. The Best Animo Ever "For Animo 6.0 we decided to focus all our efforts towards answering user requests, and I am really pleased with the results. Our development team has put a lot of effort into this release and I believe it will give our users the best Animo ever," said Phil Barrett, CTO of Cambridge Animation Systems. "Animo has always offered a great user experience, and version 6.0 makes it even better than before," agrees Cormac Slevin, Cambridge’s Product Support Manager. "It's faster, more powerful, and includes many really useful new features which are based on requests from our customers." Feature Highlights Some of the exciting new features in Animo 6.0 are: * Layered Adobe Photoshop PSD and TIFF file support, allowing each layer of a background or overlay image to be separately filtered, transformed and composited alongside other Animo elements * Layered output, allowing Animo scenes to be output in separated layers to sets of image files, layered PSD files, or layered QuickTime movies for greater flexibility in post-production tools such as Apple Final Cut Pro or Adobe After Effects * An extensive context menu system which gives immediate access to timing, keys, columns and nodes from within the Scene Graph and XSheet * Image sequence doping tools, including keyboard doping and a new Artwork Inspector for drag-and-drop doping, allowing integration of third-party sources of animated artwork * A Movie node allowing QuickTime or AVI movies to be composited within an Animo scene, plus a Layered Movie node to import layered QuickTime movies * Automatic focal plane blurring in the Multiplane Camera allows simulated pull-focus effects * Access to image editing during compositing, in third-party applications such as Adobe Photoshop * Support for automatic inking in colour models and for automatic inking with blends, saving time when working with coloured-line drawings * Reversed drawings, to allow tone areas drawn on the back of drawings to be scanned and automatically aligned with their drawing * One-click configuration of license and batch system servers and use of Apple’s Rendezvous technology make it faster than ever to get an Animo network up and running Animo 6.0 entered the final stages of development and testing in February 2004 and is scheduled for release in Spring 2004. Bundle Bonus Animo 6.0 also extends the power of Animo Professional, the standard and most popular Animo package, by adding some features previously only available in the optional SFX module, such as the Motion Blur node. About Animo Animo, developed and marketed by Cambridge Animation Systems (www.cambridgeanimation.com), is a high-end cartoon production suite, with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in nearly 60 countries, offering excellent opportunities to studios throughout the world to work with international partners. Animo software is used for feature films, television series, commercials, games and multimedia development by leading studios worldwide, including Nelvana, Production IG, Toonz India, Spider Eye, Yoram Gross, Dicell, UTV Toons, Telemagination, PASI, Colorland and Vietnam Film Company.
1st March, 2004
Cambridge Animation Systems announces version 6.0 of its Animo software for Windows and Mac OS X, including fifty new features requested by Animo users worldwide. Following the release of Animo 5.0 in 2003, Cambridge Animation Systems have concentrated on responding to customer feedback by adding new functionality to increase the power and usability of Animo in many areas, with the aim of enhancing the experience for Animo users at all stages in the production pipeline, from system configuration, through scanning, processing and painting, to compositing and output. The Best Animo Ever "For Animo 6.0 we decided to focus all our efforts towards answering user requests, and I am really pleased with the results. Our development team has put a lot of effort into this release and I believe it will give our users the best Animo ever," said Phil Barrett, CTO of Cambridge Animation Systems. "Animo has always offered a great user experience, and version 6.0 makes it even better than before," agrees Cormac Slevin, Cambridge’s Product Support Manager. "It's faster, more powerful, and includes many really useful new features which are based on requests from our customers." Feature Highlights Some of the exciting new features in Animo 6.0 are: * Layered Adobe Photoshop PSD and TIFF file support, allowing each layer of a background or overlay image to be separately filtered, transformed and composited alongside other Animo elements * Layered output, allowing Animo scenes to be output in separated layers to sets of image files, layered PSD files, or layered QuickTime movies for greater flexibility in post-production tools such as Apple Final Cut Pro or Adobe After Effects * An extensive context menu system which gives immediate access to timing, keys, columns and nodes from within the Scene Graph and XSheet * Image sequence doping tools, including keyboard doping and a new Artwork Inspector for drag-and-drop doping, allowing integration of third-party sources of animated artwork * A Movie node allowing QuickTime or AVI movies to be composited within an Animo scene, plus a Layered Movie node to import layered QuickTime movies * Automatic focal plane blurring in the Multiplane Camera allows simulated pull-focus effects * Access to image editing during compositing, in third-party applications such as Adobe Photoshop * Support for automatic inking in colour models and for automatic inking with blends, saving time when working with coloured-line drawings * Reversed drawings, to allow tone areas drawn on the back of drawings to be scanned and automatically aligned with their drawing * One-click configuration of license and batch system servers and use of Apple’s Rendezvous technology make it faster than ever to get an Animo network up and running Animo 6.0 entered the final stages of development and testing in February 2004 and is scheduled for release in Spring 2004. Bundle Bonus Animo 6.0 also extends the power of Animo Professional, the standard and most popular Animo package, by adding some features previously only available in the optional SFX module, such as the Motion Blur node. About Animo Animo, developed and marketed by Cambridge Animation Systems (www.cambridgeanimation.com), is a high-end cartoon production suite, with an installed base of more than 3,000 seats in nearly 60 countries, offering excellent opportunities to studios throughout the world to work with international partners. Animo software is used for feature films, television series, commercials, games and multimedia development by leading studios worldwide, including Nelvana, Production IG, Toonz India, Spider Eye, Yoram Gross, Dicell, UTV Toons, Telemagination, PASI, Colorland and Vietnam Film Company.