Animation Now

This is a news article examining the making of Spiderman 3.  It tells readers about how they created the characters in order to bring them to life.    

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“We had to understand how sand behaves. Only after we did that could we work out the mathematical equations to know how to manipulate it.”
~Producer Avi Arad (producer of Spiderman 3) "The real world and the animated world collide.”

~ Disney’s “Enchanted“ Tagline
In Disney’s animated picture Tarzan, Tony Hawk’s skateboarding skills were used for Tarzan’s movement through the trees in the jungle.  
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They use a deep canvas technique.  You can see how it is used through this youtube video.

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In order to create animation that have natural motion and photo-realistic appearance, animators have to combine motion-capture and image based techniques.
 
Right now, when animation is used in films and movies, frames are produced individually. Frames can be produced by computers or photographs, or by altering a model unit and using a special camera.  No matter which method is used, the result is consistent.
 
Many movies have been released in 2007 with animation techniques such as: Spiderman 3, Ratatouille, Beowulf, Transformers, and Enchanted.