Tag Archives: movement

The Canadian Affair

October 13, 2011 @ 11:34 pm

What’s this type of camera movement called when the camera pans a scene with all of the subjects and objects in the scene completely motionless?

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The stiffer Simpsons of today

April 16, 2011 @ 11:29 pm

Cartoon Brew has an interesting animated GIF (exported as a YouTube video above) showing how 20 years of animating The Simpsons has turned the cartoon family into a very stiffly drawn series. The amount of movement today compared with when … Continue reading →

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Satarii Star: Make your camera automatically follow your every move

March 15, 2011 @ 7:58 am

This is a neat accessory called the Satarii Star that recently had a fundraising round on IndieGoGo for plans to go into full production. The accessory is neat — it hooks up to a wireless tracking device that you slip … Continue reading →

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An explanation of Pixar’s 3D Zoetrope

January 14, 2011 @ 12:57 am

I’ve posted about the Pixar Zoetrope before which gets displayed at just about every Pixar exhibit worldwide at some point. There are a few Zoetropes out there that are worth watching but I truly think the Pixar one is one … Continue reading →

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Analysis of camera movement in Super Mario World

May 13, 2010 @ 11:52 pm

I don’t expect all readers to appreciate this video, but I find it absolutely fascinating to hear somebody explain the camera logic behind Super Mario World (on the SNES). I’m no video game programmer so I don’t know much about … Continue reading →

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Tracking my mouse movements

January 25, 2010 @ 6:08 pm

Click to enlarge Last night, I read about Anatoly Zenkov’s mouse tracking java applet and decided to run it on my own computer to see where exactly my cursor goes in the span of a few hours on the computer. … Continue reading →

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