Pixar's Drawing Tool

May Kasahara writes "Millimeter has an interesting look at Pixar's Review Sketch tool, one of this company's latest pieces of proprietary software. It's cool in that it allows directors to draw on top of CG images with a Wacom Cintiq, essentially bringing elements of traditional hand-drawn animation into the 3D realm. The article discusses how the tool came about, how it was used during the production of The Incredibles, and even includes a discussion of the tool's naming."

Comments

Re:Bah.

[Anonymous Coward]

POV-Ray, CinePaint, and gtoaster.

There. I just replaced four overpriced proprietary softwares that you can't hack with three free softwares that you can.

Shall I continue?

Powerpoint?

[shird]

Sheesh.. havent these guys heard of powerpoint? or any other slideshow app?

I cant believe I just read an entire article about a tool which fuckin draws lines.. There were entire paragraphs devoted to the amazing ability to erase (!) lines youve drawn. wtf.

sure, it can draw on any app, and can play animations underneath and can scale etc.. but thats just added fluff to a tool thats been around for many years and really isnt anything special.

Re:Could this have other applications?

[scaaven]

Come on, really? Man we're living in the future here!