Look closer. This scene fromDinosaur - part photo, part photo-realistic CG - is a first glimpse of what may be a new kind of animated film.
WhileToy Story 2 and similar movies have sprung entirely from computers, Dinosaur, coming to theaters May 19, began with live footage captured by globe-trotting camera crews. Back at Disney's new digital studio, CG artists created onscreen models of the iguanodon hero, Aladar, and his prehistoric pals in such detail that even the most distant characters are always ready for a close-up. "Our real backgrounds drove everything - how we animated, how the skin and muscles moved, the intense amount of detail in the skin textures," says producer Pam Marsden. "It was great, and it was hell."
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