Turns out the history of 3D rendering involves a lot of nerds doing a lot of math. I almost can't believe Blender exists, let alone exists for free.

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https://camw.ing/discord

Script, VO, 3D Animation by Cam
  / @thecamwing  

Compositing, visual effects, editing by Sam
  / @invertedhorse  
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Indie Animation Showcase
Good Woods:
   • Good Woods  

Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly
   • Why Are Disney Remakes So Ugly?  

COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR
   • COOL TIMES: GRAND TOUR  

vENDED
   • vENDED  
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Video Broll sources:

EditDroid: Rise and Fall
   • EditDroid Rise and fall 1080p  

Futureworld 3D animation sequence:
   • 1976, Futureworld  World's first 3D ...  

A Computer Animated Hand:
   • A Computer Animated Hand (1972) HQ  

Utah Graphics in the Bay Area
   • Utah Graphics in the Bay Area  

Toy Story CGI making of
   • Toy Story  CGI making of (1995) HD  
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Book passages were read from David Price's 'The Pixar Touch'
(Which you can find at your local library!)

Toy Story behindthescenes
https://www.wired.com/1995/12/toystory/
https://beforesandafters.com/2019/11/...

Catmull's research paper:
https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/app/...

Bloomberg's coverage of the Pixar Antitrust Case
https://web.archive.org/web/201510260...

US V Lucasfilm litigation
https://www.justice.gov/atr/case/usv...
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0:00 Intro
1:56 Animation software through the decades
4:09 Ed Catmull & the Graphics Group
7:08 A Computer Animated Hand
10:05 Analog rendering of a digital video
11:42 Pixar was decades ahead of the game
14:07 3D modeling has never been easier
15:41 I LOVE megacorporations I LOVE megacorporations I LO
18:25 Outro