jal@wsu-cs.uucp (Jason Leigh) (04/02/89)
I guess this is kind of history but did anyone catch the Academy Awards last week? I heard something about Tin Toy from Pixar winning for some category. Any ideas what it was about? Jason
dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) (04/02/89)
In article <677@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@wsu-cs.uucp (Jason Leigh) writes: >I guess this is kind of history but did anyone catch the Academy Awards >last week? I heard something about Tin Toy from Pixar winning for >some category. Any ideas what it was about? > >Jason Best Animated Short Subject. Was it done on an Amiga? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------- "This isn't Heaven, this is Cleveland!!!!" Dave Lowrey Amdahl Corp. Houston, Texas (713)-850-8828 ...!{ames,sun,decwrl,uunet,....}!amdahl!dwl10 [ The opinions expressed <may> be those of the author and not necessarily those of his most eminent employer. ]
ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) (04/03/89)
In article <677@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@wsu-cs.uucp (Jason Leigh) writes: >I guess this is kind of history but did anyone catch the Academy Awards >last week? I heard something about Tin Toy from Pixar winning for >some category. Any ideas what it was about? > Pixar won the Oscar for best animated short subject. The film was _Tin Toy_. It's about a small toy that looks like a one-man band, and his adventures with a baby. It is not possible to describe it and do it justice; it must be seen. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty happy about this. _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape INET: well!ewhac@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: UUCP: pacbell > !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor
dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley) (04/03/89)
In article <677@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@wsu-cs.uucp (Jason Leigh) writes: >I guess this is kind of history but did anyone catch the Academy Awards >last week? I heard something about Tin Toy from Pixar winning for >some category. Any ideas what it was about? > >Jason Tin Toy won the Oscar for best short animation. I haven't seen this film myself, but I have seen what it beat (NFB's "The Cat Came Back" among others) so it must have been pretty hot stuff (it *BETTER* have been!!). In their acceptance speech they made a point of thanking Steve Jobs in addition to the Pixar folks. Anybody know what Mr. Jobs did to assist this film, or was it just that these guys like their Macs? -- Kevin Dooley UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley Physics Dept. BITNET - dooley@utorphys U. of Toronto INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca
baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) (04/04/89)
In article <11217@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: > Pixar won the Oscar for best animated short subject. The film was >_Tin Toy_. > I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty happy about this. I'm VERY happy about this! This is a breakthrough for all of us involved in computer animation, especially the story telling end of it. Tin Toy won, not because of the fact that a computer made the images, but because of its story and characters. If you're going to tell stories with computer animation, you have to understand traditional animation techniques. John Lassiter obviously does, that's why he won. Now that the acadamy recognized computer animation as just another animation medium, rather than medium for engineers and physicists, we can look forward to seeing more computer animated film be accepted by the public at large. I think this Oscar has opened a door for a bunch of us budding computer animators. Now lets show them that you don't need a PIXAR machine to do fantastic character animation (with REAL stories)! -- -Ken Baer. // Hash Enterprises: When the Going gets Wierd, the Wierd go Professional \X/ USENET - baer@percival.UUCP, PLINK - KEN BAER, BIX - kbaer, "while (AINTGOTNOSATISFACTION) { do stuff }" - RJ Mical
ward@eplrx7.UUCP (ward) (04/05/89)
From article <760@helios.toronto.edu>, by dooley@helios.toronto.edu (Kevin Dooley): . . . > stuff (it *BETTER* have been!!). In their acceptance speech they > made a point of thanking Steve Jobs in addition to the Pixar folks. > Anybody know what Mr. Jobs did to assist this film, or was it > just that these guys like their Macs? > > > -- > Kevin Dooley UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley > Physics Dept. BITNET - dooley@utorphys > U. of Toronto INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca Steven Jobs owns Pixar. His company motto was something alongs the lines of: Don't worry about profits, just make an impact. Well, he made an impact. Rick PS Is Pixar still working on a color graphics board for the Next cube? . -- Rick Ward | E.I. Dupont Co. uunet!eplrx7!ward | Engineering Physics Lab (302) 695-7395 | Wilmington, Delaware 19898 Just Say When. | Mail Stop: E357-302
gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce) (04/05/89)
In article <11217@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes: >In article <677@wsu-cs.uucp> jal@wsu-cs.uucp (Jason Leigh) writes: >>I guess this is kind of history but did anyone catch the Academy Awards >>last week? I heard something about Tin Toy from Pixar winning for >>some category. Any ideas what it was about? >> Tin Toy is a toy's perspective of a young child (about 12 months) who takes every toy he finds, beats it against the floor to make noise, then puts it in his mouth and slobbers all over it. Tinny is a one man band toy that tries to quietly escape, but everytime he moves, the drums or cymbals or horn go off attracting the baby's attention. Fun, merriment, and toy terror ensue. The film was created by John Lassiter, Bill Reeves and a bunch of very creative artists here at Pixar. It uses proprietary modelling and generating software along with the new RenderMan rendering library for final rendering. If I'm not mistaken, it was generated on the VAX11/780 (possibly on a Sun, Renderman works across many machines) and recorded on film on a Dunn analog camera. The big advance for this animation was the complex modelling that occured to accurately model the facial expressions of the baby. Over fourty muscle groups were created and algorithmically linked to enable simple high level commands that made the baby smile, blink and sneeze. Even though the baby's face is not easily confused with that of a real human, the subtle nuances of emotion do come through very well. If there is an animation festival coming through where you live, check to see if Tin Toy is playing, it's worth seeing! > > I don't know about anyone else, but I'm pretty happy about this. > Well, I'm pretty happy about it. It means a great deal to Pixar and a great deal to the computer graphics industry in general since it is the first Oscar ever won for a computer generated entry! I was an Amigoid long before I came to Pixar, but the work you can do at home on an Amiga is about the closest you can come to a Pixar without spending $20K++. George Buce (8{> ...!ucbvax!pixar!gbuce
david.mercer@canremote.uucp (DAVID MERCER) (04/05/89)
Can we take that as a promise, Leo? --- * Via ProDoor 2.9a --- MaS Relayer v1.00.00 Message gatewayed by MaS Network Software and Consulting/HST Internet: david.mercer@canremote.uucp UUCP: ...!tmsoft!masnet!canremote!david.mercer
gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce) (04/06/89)
In article <760@helios.toronto.edu> dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca (Kevin Dooley) writes: > In their acceptance speech they >made a point of thanking Steve Jobs in addition to the Pixar folks. >Anybody know what Mr. Jobs did to assist this film, or was it >just that these guys like their Macs? > > >-- > Kevin Dooley UUCP - {uunet,pyramid}!utai!helios.physics!dooley > Physics Dept. BITNET - dooley@utorphys > U. of Toronto INTERNET - dooley@helios.physics.utoronto.ca Actually, Steve Jobs owns a large chunk of Pixar. About three years ago, George Lucas (no relation to the 68020 board) sold off the Pixar Computer Graphics Division of Lucasfilm to Steve Jobs and the employees of Pixar. Stever bought 70% and the employees bought 30%. In many ways Steve has been a 'benefactor' of Pixar just as in the renaissance there were 'patrons' of the arts. Except in this case, we intend to make a profit for Steve. None of the work for Tin Toy was done in a MacIntosh, thought we will support the Mac II soon as a host through the SCSI port. George Buce (8{> ...!ucbvax!pixar!gbuce
451061%UOTTAWA.BITNET@cornellc.cit.cornell.edu (Valentin Pepelea) (04/07/89)
> Tin Toy won the Oscar for best short animation. I haven't seen > this film myself, but I have seen what it beat (NFB's "The > Cat Came Back" among others) so it must have been pretty hot > stuff (it *BETTER* have been!!). In their acceptance speech they > made a point of thanking Steve Jobs in addition to the Pixar folks. > Anybody know what Mr. Jobs did to assist this film, or was it > just that these guys like their Macs? Mr. Jobs owns two computer companies. One is the little known do-nothing company named Next (is Jobs color blind?) and the other one is the very well known, very progressive graphics workstation company named Pixar. (well, perhaps he isnt) Valentin _________________________________________________________________________ "An operating system without Name: Valentin Pepelea virtual memory is an operating Phonet: (613) 233-1821 system without virtue." Bitnet: 451061@Uottawa.bitnet Usenet: Use cunyvm.cuny.edu gate - Ancient Inca Proverb Planet: 451061@acadvm1.UOttawa.CA
baer@percival.UUCP (Ken Baer) (04/08/89)
In article <3799@pixar.UUCP> gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce) writes: >None of the work for Tin Toy was done in a MacIntosh, thought we will support >the Mac II soon as a host through the SCSI port. > >George Buce (8{> >...!ucbvax!pixar!gbuce So how about supporting the Amiga as a host (you knew this question was coming didn't you :-)? Considering the Amiga has a much wider range of Animation software, it seems the logical choice. In fact, the Amiga is the only micro computer (to my knowledge) to have animation software specifically designed for character animation (ala Tin Toy). And there are more Amigas out there than MacIIs (but not the other Macs). BTW, Congrats to all who worked on Tin Toy. The Oscar was well deserved! -- -Ken Baer. // Hash Enterprises: When the Going gets Wierd, the Wierd go Professional \X/ USENET - baer@percival.UUCP, PLINK - KEN BAER, BIX - kbaer, "while (AINTGOTNOSATISFACTION) { do stuff }" - RJ Mical
timg@ziebmef.uucp (Tim Grantham) (04/13/89)
In article <3799@pixar.UUCP> gbuce@pixar.UUCP (George Buce) writes: >Actually, Steve Jobs owns a large chunk of Pixar. About three years ago, >George Lucas (no relation to the 68020 board) sold off the Pixar Computer ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Actually, there *is* a relationship... Brad Fowles works for *Anakin* Research... I leave it to you to figure out the connection. Tim. -- timg@ziebmef.UUCP {uunet!mnetor!lsuc,utgpu}!ncrcan!ziebmef!timg ``It's been lovely, but I have to scream now.''