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When Are You Going to Make Another Animation?
We have at least four animations in
production at all times. The size of our studio (how many animators
we have) fluctuates every day, but as an example, we have 14
animators at this moment (7/24/07) . Because we're not getting paid
for the YouTube animations, we have no actual schedule. We just keep
working on them until we're done.
Also, we're not going to tell you what
we're working on before we release it because (1) We'd be committed
to it, and it might fall through. (2) We don't want others to take
our ideas.
Did you ever notice how Antz was
released before Bug's Life and Madagascar was released before The
Wild? Well, the Disney movies were announced before the Dreamworks
movies were, even though the Dreamworks movies were released first.
Sure, we're talking YouTube videos, but, still, it's the same idea
just far less dramatic.
So, back to the question... The answer
is, "Soon. Please have patience."
So, why does it take us so long? Well,
to make the average film, an average 3D animator does 2-3 seconds of
animation a day on one character. A character model might take a 3D
modeler 3-6 days to create. Once they are modeled, they need to be
textured. Then they need to be rigged (putting skeletons in them).
Then they can be animated. Ultimately, they will need to be lit.
Lighting and effects may need to be redone; it can be a timely
process. Finally, the scenes need to be rendered, and it might take
a computer 20 minutes to render one frame (there are 30 frames in
one second).
And all this is done by full-time 3D
artists who are getting paid. If you do it on the side, you may only
have 8-15 hours a week to work on it. So, if we're going by the
average animation time, it means that it would take one animator one
week to complete 4-6 seconds of animation. Of course, we're much
faster than that, but I think it will give you an idea of how slow
this is.
So, please have patience. We'll be
back with more 3D animations!
Wiki-Trivia
(from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/News):
News
is
any
new
information
or
information
on
current
events
which
is
relayed
by
print,
broadcast,
Internet,
or
word
of
mouth
to a
third
party
or
mass
audience.
The
reporting
and
investigation
of
news
falls
within
the
profession
of
journalism.
News
is
often
reported
by a
variety
of
sources,
such
as
newspapers,
television,
and
radio
programs,
wire
services,
and
web
sites.
News
reporting
is a
type
of
journalism,
typically
written
or
broadcast
in
news
style.
Most
news
is
investigated
and
presented
by
journalists
and
can
be
distributed
to
various
outlets
via
news
agencies.
There are many categories of news. The weather is typically presented by a certified meteorologist or, on smaller stations, a less-trained "weatherman" and is considered news. Other news categories are: sports, fashion, society, entertainment, business, cartoon strips, features, lottery numbers, lives of celebrities, advertising, and more. Until the 1970s, when women's lib issues came to the forefront, most newspapers had a "Women's" section devoted entirely to fashion and society news. Papers even printed "cheesecake" feature photos of attractive young women in bikinis, often transmitted by the AP or UPI wire services, illustrating various news events or feature ideas.
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