Xerography and stuff
Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 8:04 pm
Just something I am curious about when it comes to some of the technology used in Disney animation. In case anybody knows the answear to one or more of the following questions:
Xerography was as we know used in 101 Dalmatians, but it was first tested in a few scenes in Sleeping Beauty. Anyone who knows which scenes?
This technique only used black lines in the start, but with The Rescuers it was also introduced grey (and brown?) toner. How much did Xerography improved? Even if it is not a Disney movie, Nimh is said to have used lines with a lot of different colors. When The Fox and the Hound, had it improved even more form Tthe Rescuers?
With The Black Cauldron, Disney used the APT process for the first time (I know, the main principle is the same, but it is another technolgy and results in better quality). Did it replace Xerography completely, and was never used again? If that's the case, it means The Fox and the Hound is the last xerographed feature from Disney (and also the last not to inlcude computers in its production). And was it then any improvements of the process from The Black Cauldron to The Little Mermaid?
Was any series from Disney, like The Gummi Bears, made by using APT? When did other studios pick up the technology?
To make the background match with the animation in 101 Dalmatians, line overlay was used. In what other movies was it used? Some sources claims it was used only in 101 Dalmatians and Oliver & Company (making it the first APT-movie to use line overlay), while others says that it was used in every movie between Sleeping Beauty (not counting the few test scenes) and The Fox and the Hound, with the exception of The Jungle Book, and plus Oliver & Company of course. Making The Fox and the Hound the first xeroxed movie to use line overlay. But who is right?
The Jungle Book is also rumored to have been the last time the multiplane camera was used in a long time. Does it mean every feature before this movie had used it? And what movies after it used the camera, was The Black Cauldron the first? What movies after The Black Cauldron used it (Since CAPS was able to do the same thing and more, it was as we know completely left with The Little Mermaid)? The Little Mermaid also had multiplane scenes, but these were not created at Disney. Who did them?
And did any features use backlight animation?
Even if it would be interesting with a list or something of the technolgy used in Disney animated features (and non-Disney features as well), I also think the short cartoons are ignored a little too much. Like; what shorts used the multiplane camera? After all, much of the new techniques were used for the first time not in features, but in shorts. Some information can be found in the net, but it would be best if it could come directly from the source (Disney).
Xerography was as we know used in 101 Dalmatians, but it was first tested in a few scenes in Sleeping Beauty. Anyone who knows which scenes?
This technique only used black lines in the start, but with The Rescuers it was also introduced grey (and brown?) toner. How much did Xerography improved? Even if it is not a Disney movie, Nimh is said to have used lines with a lot of different colors. When The Fox and the Hound, had it improved even more form Tthe Rescuers?
With The Black Cauldron, Disney used the APT process for the first time (I know, the main principle is the same, but it is another technolgy and results in better quality). Did it replace Xerography completely, and was never used again? If that's the case, it means The Fox and the Hound is the last xerographed feature from Disney (and also the last not to inlcude computers in its production). And was it then any improvements of the process from The Black Cauldron to The Little Mermaid?
Was any series from Disney, like The Gummi Bears, made by using APT? When did other studios pick up the technology?
To make the background match with the animation in 101 Dalmatians, line overlay was used. In what other movies was it used? Some sources claims it was used only in 101 Dalmatians and Oliver & Company (making it the first APT-movie to use line overlay), while others says that it was used in every movie between Sleeping Beauty (not counting the few test scenes) and The Fox and the Hound, with the exception of The Jungle Book, and plus Oliver & Company of course. Making The Fox and the Hound the first xeroxed movie to use line overlay. But who is right?
The Jungle Book is also rumored to have been the last time the multiplane camera was used in a long time. Does it mean every feature before this movie had used it? And what movies after it used the camera, was The Black Cauldron the first? What movies after The Black Cauldron used it (Since CAPS was able to do the same thing and more, it was as we know completely left with The Little Mermaid)? The Little Mermaid also had multiplane scenes, but these were not created at Disney. Who did them?
And did any features use backlight animation?
Even if it would be interesting with a list or something of the technolgy used in Disney animated features (and non-Disney features as well), I also think the short cartoons are ignored a little too much. Like; what shorts used the multiplane camera? After all, much of the new techniques were used for the first time not in features, but in shorts. Some information can be found in the net, but it would be best if it could come directly from the source (Disney).