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They have employed the talents of Andy Serkis’s motion capture company to recreate the character of Ariel into a virtual 3-dimensional presence on stage. This won’t be a pre-recorded insert to the live production. The apparition will be driven in real-time by a motion captured individual behind the scenes: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/such-stuff-as-dreams-are-made-on-ariel-to-appear-as-3d-digital-a/

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The most iconic space ship that returned in the latest of the Star Wars series has its roots firmly based on the original trilogy’s miniature model which was  filmed against blue-screens at the time. Now a digital model it took a team of 6 skilled digital artisans a year to fully recreate the shape and the surface colour detail. Their recreation was referenced from the most detailed 5 foot long model from the archive.

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The new droid from the Star Wars Force Awakens is sometimes a remote controlled animatronic that is captured in-camera but in the sequences in space or where there is more extreme movement required his CGI stunt double is brought in. As the CGI animation is now up to a sufficient standard the effects creators see both versions as indistinguishable.

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This video has Phil Tippet going through his recollections of how the original 3 Star Wars films were created from the point of view of his input of Stop Motion animation of  creatures and vehicles and use of motion control cameras on blue-screens and creations of creatures suits for specific scenes.[wpdevart_youtube]VTGQ_K0DBPo[/wpdevart_youtube]

Animated by a team in South Africa a traditional Christmas themed animation from a story adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book Stick Man. Voice artists include Martin Freeman. CGI animation given a Stop Motion look and feel.
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The Peanuts Movie is not just a bog standard 3D cartoon. It uses special techniques on the riggging of each character so that they follow the original 2D look from the Shulz Cartoon when they are in profile or face on they have very different shapes.[wpdevart_youtube]8pCoVQDD-OY[/wpdevart_youtube]

Lusciously rendered CGI animated Monkeys with jungle 3D environment bring visual interest to Coldplay single:
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A new 3D Printer works by shaping clay:

This video shows the working behind the scenes of Pixar’s animation process:
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This video shows the animation workflow of the CGI animators behind Azog creature:

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3D Imaging produced a CGI animation video showing the original features of a case that can be folded down upon itself and then stored hanging.
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3D Imaging are 3D animators producers of 3D visuals for the business world. More can be found out at www.3d-imaging.co.uk