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A system for computer generated movies

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Edwin CatmullAuthors Info & Claims

ACM '72: Proceedings of the ACM annual conference - Volume 1

Pages 422 - 431

https://doi.org/10.1145/800193.569952

Published: 01 August 1972 Publication History

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With the recent developments in fast hidden surface algorithms and a method for smooth shading of half-tone pictures, it has become feasible to generate useful movies with the computer. This paper describes a system used to make computer generated movies. It also explains the methods used to attempt to solve the problems of object representation, object manipulation, concurrent motion, and ease of specifying motion. The system was first used to make a movie of a hand that lasts for little more than a minute.

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ACM '72: Proceedings of the ACM annual conference - Volume 1

August 1972

194 pages

ISBN:9781450374910

DOI:10.1145/800193

Seminal graphics: pioneering efforts that shaped the field, Volume 1
July 1998
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ISBN:158113052X
DOI:10.1145/280811
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