Talk:Computer Animation Production System

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Could the Computer Animation Production System be used by other animation companies, like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network? --User:Angie Y.

Nope. It was a proprietary system; Disney only allowed themselves to use it. Nick & CN could certainly have made some use of it; as it is, most of their modern shows are made with similar, yet less powerful, computer systems and programs like Toonz, U.S. Animation, and (in some cases) Macromedia Flash. --FuriousFreddy 23:22, 13 August 2005

[edit] The Little Mermaid

In this arcticle that the first usage of the CAPS process was the ending rainbow scene of The Little Mermaid. However I'm pretty sure that a few other shots in that movie used the CAPS system. They appear in 3D and much smoother then the other shots. The few others I can think of are; the very first scence when the boat crashes against the waves, when the villian turns grows about thirty times her size, when Ariel runs down a few stairs, and near the end when the crab and Flounder are underwater when the ink is flowing around them. I'm sure that these do use the CAPS system and I'm sure also sure that I've read an article on it before, but I unfortunately cannot find it. It may be worth adding to the article if anybody can confirm these.

No, only the rainbow scene uses CAPS. Those scnees you named are either done with traditional ink and paint, or are generated using three-dimensional computer animation (the ship, the stairs). To create the 3D animation in those scenes, the studio would use computers that would print outlines on cels, which would then be painted as if it were handrawn. These scenes were still photographed under the traditional camera stand. CAPS doesn't use cels or cameras; everything is composited inside the computer, and the computer prints out film, not cels. --FuriousFreddy 18:49, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 100% resolution?

What does "artwork was never scanned at less than 100% resolution" mean? 100% of what, the atoms on the piece of paper? This should be clarified. mvc 16:42, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

fixed: scanned so that the final image always had the full output resolution available even if the source material went through various camera moves.

[edit] Title of Article

The title of this article should be "Disney CAPS System" as this is how it is referred to. "Computer Animation Production System" is a generic term not specific to the Disney system.