credit DreamWorks Animation Technology
Creating women’s hair was another difficult task. Most of the female characters have 16 strands of hair, and each strand has a minimum of seven different controls used by animators to manipulate that strand’s shape. Getting one strand to move properly was a challenge, but getting all 16 to move correctly was a true test of technology and patience. Here, Michelle Pfeiffer is the voice of Eris, the elegant-but-moody Goddess of Chaos.
credit DreamWorks Animation Technology
Animating Sinbad proved a demanding test of the Linux operating system. DreamWorks animators said that when they began work on the film four years ago, there was no technology capable of doing exactly what they needed it to do.lt;br>The biggest problems were the women and the water – or in this case, the slobber from Sinbad’s loyal companion, a bull mastiff named Spike.
credit DreamWorks Animation Technology
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as the voice of Marina, the Ambassador of Thrace. The animated movie from DreamWorks Animation Technology is the first Hollywood production created entirely on Linux.
credit DreamWorks Animation Technology
Sinbad’s numerous ocean scenes created a daunting technological task. If animators had created the film’s oceans segment by segment (as in the past), it could have added years to the movie’s production time. By using Linux, the DreamWorks effects department was able to create a rolling oceanscape rather than compose the ocean frame by frame.
