Goof Racer

[Rodney]

Next up is the Goof and his race car.

 

It's interesting that recently I was thinking about how characters and props, or several characters, might work well as part of the same model.

This is an example of that approach.

 

 

I believe the author(s) of the project were some of the folks that worked for Saffire/Avalanche.

Assuming that is the case I'd say... no wonder they ended up at Disney.

Drive.zip

[itsjustme]

Looks great, Rodney!

[Maniac]

nice

[Rodney]

The entire project file has been added to the first post.

I hope you'll check it out just for the fun ride.

 

This project (circa v8.5) demonstrates how long A:M has been at the top of it's game and especially how splines and patches can generate shorts and feature films while maintaining small file sizes..

 

Attached is exactly what the user sees/gets with the project file.

(Although the user does have to set the Global Ambiance color of the Chor to dark grey in order to get this particular toon style)

[John Bigboote]

Wow! That is some impressive work! The 2mb project is worth taking a look at for any A:M'er... the squarsh-n-stretch is mind-blowing... if this was done in V8.5 that means about 1999-2001 era- HOW did you get this project?

[Rodney]

HOW did you get this project?

 

It originally came with the standard A:M CD (the one that had to be in the CD drive in order to initially launch A:M) but eventually made its way to the Extra DVD.

 

As I recall, there was a purge of copyrighted/trademarked content from the A:M CD circa v10/v11 timeframe.

Other cool project files like 'Toys' that featured Buzz Lightyear moved off the A:M CD as well.

The underlying issue with CG on the rise in companies like Disney was surely that of a potential perception of official endorsement and companies tend to want payment for such endorsements.

I recall seeing a shot used by Greg Rostami in one of his demos that convinced me that PIXAR might have secretly been using A:M to create scenes in Toys2 and such... the quality was exactly the same as what was being seen in the theater. At a guess I'd say the folks at Disney/PIXAR were getting tired of being asked if they used Animation:Master and the success of Victor Navone's 'Blit Wizbok' short was upping the ante..

 

I remember the camera work alone from this project file really capturing my attention.

The simplicity of the project file... that actually confused me.... with me thinking, there's got to be more to it that that!!!

Nope, just another fine animation created with Animation:Master.

[largento]

For fun, I rendered it out at 720p with shadows turned on. Beyond the excellent animation, the dramatic lighting is very cool, too.

 

goofyride5.mp4

[robcat2075]

Yeah, I remember the Goofy ride!

 

 

 

 

At a guess I'd say the folks at Disney/PIXAR were getting tired of being asked if they used Animation:Master and the success of Victor Navone's 'Blit Wizbok' short was upping the ante..

 

 

I recall a few years ago someone was asking that here and suddenly Victor Navone, who hadn't posted on the forum in years and years, shows up to personally deny it.

 

 

The rumor I heard, perhaps via Bob Taylor, was that back when Disney didn't own Pixar but owned the rights to make Toy Story spin offs they had prepared a pilot or substantial test for a TV series featuring Buzz Light Year using... Animation:Master!

 

The project was buried when Disney and Pixar made up.

 

That is the jist of the rumor I heard. Bob was very big in Disney TV Animation for years so he ought to have known.