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The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel--a particular packaging of bits--conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels--cell phone pictures, app interfaces, Mars Rover transmissions, book illustrations, video games. In A Biography of the...
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"Computer graphics (or CG) has changed the way we experience the art of moving images. Computer graphics is the difference between Steamboat Willie and Buzz Lightyear, between ping pong and PONG. It began in 1963 when an MIT graduate student named Ivan Sutherland created the first true computer animation program. Instead of presenting a series of numbers, Sutherland's Sketchpad program drew lines that created recognizable images. Sutherland noted:...
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Surveys the cultural, political, and economic context of how this dynamic industry evolved, emphasizing both artistic and technical achievements from around the world--from Hollywood to Tokyo, from Moscow to Sydney. Featuring a timeline for each of its six parts, A New History of Animation provides readers with a clear and accessible chronology of events. A Global Storyline, highlighting the major themes of the era, opens each chapter, and an end-of-book...
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