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Panel: The Analog Years of Computer Animation

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The Analog Years of Computer Animation

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01/12/2022

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2022

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On January 12, 2022, the SIGGRAPH Pioneers presented a panel on The Analog Years of Computer Animation, circa 1969-1983. Pioneers Chair Ed Kramer moderated the panel about analog computers like Scanimate, and some of the earliest electronic animations ever created. Panelists were Susan Crouse, former animator with Computer Image Corporation in Denver, Fred Kessler, former animator with Dolphin Productions in New York, Roy Weinstock, former animator at Image West in Hollywood, and David Seig, former Chief Engineer at Image West, and curator of the website www.scanimate.com

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