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> "This was the first Disney movie to make heavy use of computer animation. [...]" Tron came out 1982, six years before Oliver & Company. https://en.wikipedia

by Eduard 2y ago

> "This was the first Disney movie to make heavy use of computer animation. [...]" Tron came out 1982, six years before Oliver & Company. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron

RF_Savage 2y ago
And large amounts of the "computer" graphics in Tron are hand drawn.
- croes 2y ago
  Still lots of CGI.
interroboink 2y ago
I guess it depends on the definition of "heavy use." I know in Tron a few scenes were CG, and there were a few CG+live-action bits, but the majority was filmed on normal physical sets in high-contrast, then painstakingly hand-processed[1] to add the neon "glow". [1] https://filmschoolrejects.com/tron-costumes-glowing-effect/ https://filmschoolrejects.com/tron-costumes-glowing-effect/ Thanks legions of Taiwanese animators (:
- croes 2y ago
  From your link: >The 1982 Disney movie is privy to a remarkable number of firsts: the first feature-length film to combine CGI and live-action; the first talking and moving CGI character; the first film to combine a CGI character and a live-action one; the first fully CGI backgrounds… The list goes on and on. Sounds pretty heavy to me.
- croes 2y ago
  And the film OP mentioned Oliver & Company: >Eleven minutes of the film used "computer-assisted imagery" such as the skyscrapers, the taxi cabs, trains, Fagin's scooter-cart, and the climactic subway chase I think Tron wins in terms of CGI
nicklecompte 2y ago
But Disney financed and distributed Tron. It wasn't made by a Disney Studio, and most of the animation was outsourced to a Taiwanese studio because Disney wouldn't lend any of their own talent. So I think it's fair to say that Oliver & Company is the first Disney-made film to use CGI.
- mrob 2y ago
  The Great Mouse Detective (1986) was earlier and the ending sequence is CG (printed out and traced onto cels so traditional 2D characters could be drawn on top).
  - nicklecompte 2y ago
    That's a good point. What's funny is that "The Great Mouse Detective" was actually the film I was thinking of this whole time - I believe the ending sequence took place in Big Ben, and it looks quite good by 2024 standards. But I forgot the name of the movie and assumed it was "Oliver & Company" because Oliver is a plausible name for an English mouse :)
loloquwowndueo 2y ago
Probably meant “Disney animated feature”.

by Eduard 2y ago

RF_Savage 2y ago

And large amounts of the "computer" graphics in Tron are hand drawn.

croes 2y ago
Still lots of CGI.

interroboink 2y ago

I guess it depends on the definition of "heavy use." I know in Tron a few scenes were CG, and there were a few CG+live-action bits, but the majority was filmed on normal physical sets in high-contrast, then painstakingly hand-processed[1] to add the neon "glow". [1] https://filmschoolrejects.com/tron-costumes-glowing-effect/ https://filmschoolrejects.com/tron-costumes-glowing-effect/ Thanks legions of Taiwanese animators (:

croes 2y ago
From your link: >The 1982 Disney movie is privy to a remarkable number of firsts: the first feature-length film to combine CGI and live-action; the first talking and moving CGI character; the first film to combine a CGI character and a live-action one; the first fully CGI backgrounds… The list goes on and on. Sounds pretty heavy to me.
croes 2y ago
And the film OP mentioned Oliver & Company: >Eleven minutes of the film used "computer-assisted imagery" such as the skyscrapers, the taxi cabs, trains, Fagin's scooter-cart, and the climactic subway chase I think Tron wins in terms of CGI

nicklecompte 2y ago

But Disney financed and distributed Tron. It wasn't made by a Disney Studio, and most of the animation was outsourced to a Taiwanese studio because Disney wouldn't lend any of their own talent. So I think it's fair to say that Oliver & Company is the first Disney-made film to use CGI.

mrob 2y ago
The Great Mouse Detective (1986) was earlier and the ending sequence is CG (printed out and traced onto cels so traditional 2D characters could be drawn on top).
- nicklecompte 2y ago
  That's a good point. What's funny is that "The Great Mouse Detective" was actually the film I was thinking of this whole time - I believe the ending sequence took place in Big Ben, and it looks quite good by 2024 standards. But I forgot the name of the movie and assumed it was "Oliver & Company" because Oliver is a plausible name for an English mouse :)

loloquwowndueo 2y ago

Probably meant “Disney animated feature”.