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[vmacek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Vincent G. Macek)]

>Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997
>From: Tom writes:
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>It's one thing if they do "2d-3d conversions"(layers), but like "Toy
>Story", if you look at those reels, they looked like they were
>photographed "on the set"- meaning they're not "2d-3d" conversions, all
>characters are rounded and have depth as though they were really
>photographed in 3D.


Larry Berlin responded:

<<****  Conversions from 2D to 3D don't have to look layered at all. If they
are correctly done, they will have every bit of the roundness of the real
thing. It just takes a bit more work.

The scenes you mention are probably NOT conversions though.>>


I certainly appreciated the folks at Pixar (presumably) taking the trouble
to provide true stereo pairs by simply shifting the viewpoint of a still
composition - since they used a huge Viewmaster in the cinema lobby display
I wouldn't have expected anything less!  Sure would've been nice if they
had done the same with stop motion films like Wallace & Grommit or
'Nightmare Before Christmas'.

On 2D to 3D conversion - its a pity Disney can't float the cost of doing
this with their original animation artwork, especially considering their
hard work at giving it depth and substance.  The VM versions always come
off crude by comparison.  Look at the Japanese '3D Museum' book and imagine
that workmanship applied to Disney's 60 year film backlog!


Vince M



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