Symbolics, Inc.

SIGGRAPH 1992

Symbolics introduces “Bones” and “Gesterial Animation,” two 3D animation upgrades, as well as a new paint program. Symbolics also showcases its “standards-proof” Unified Graphics systems, which integrate paint, 2D, and 3D animation capabilities for the seamless creation of computer animation and allow users to input and output NTSC, PAL, and a variety of HDTV resolutions.

SIGGRAPH 1991

Symbolics showcases its latest Unified Graphics Systems, HDPaintAmation, and XL Animation which bring high-end paint, 2D animation, and 3D animation to a full HDTV canvas. Advanced character animation tools, including rotational displacement, are also demonstrated.

SIGGRAPH 1990

Symbolics’ state-of-the-art animation systems provide advanced 20 animation, 30 animation and paint capabilities for professionals in the video and post-production, corporate, broadcast, and engineering markets. For the emerging HDTV market, Symbolics recently introduced Framethrower, the first commercially available, high-definition videographics processor, and the XL400 High-Definition Colorstation, the industry’s first high-definition workstation.

SIGGRAPH 1989

Symbolics offers menu-driven computer graphics systems for 2D animation and paint, and for full 3D animation. The system supports RGB output for NTSC, PAL, and HDTV formats as well as for print and film. Bundled configurations include computer hardware, software, training, and service from Symbolics.

SIGGRAPH 1988

Symbolics offers fully integrated Computer Graphics Systems for 3-D Animation and 2-D Animation and Paint with output for video (NTSC, PAL, and HDTV), film and print. Bundled configurations include hardware, software, training and service. SCOPE is a developmental image processing system consisting of a Symbolics Computer and a PIXAR Image Computer.

SIGGRAPH 1987

Symbolics brings Artificial Intelligence LISP computers to applications like computer animation, image processing and CAD/CAM/CAE. Symbolics offers turnkey animation systems capable of producing high-quality synthetic images in the most advanced projects. Symbolics also offers an image processing development system that combines image understanding with the Pixar Image Computer.

SIGGRAPH 1986

Symbolics will be demonstrating the new S-Pixar System, an integrated image generation and processing system. Symbolics Graphics Division produces modular hardware and software for applications such as production, design and scripting, animation graphics and research.

SIGGRAPH 1985

The Symbolics Graphics Division develops and supplies high performance, integrated graphic hardware and software for the Symbolics 3600 family of symbolic processors. Software products include S-Paint, S-Geometry, S-Render and S-Dynamics. Hardware products include frame buffers, broadcast resolution frame grabber and the gen lock interface.

SIGGRAPH 1984

Symbolics introduces ZetaGraphics an advanced color graphics system based on the Symbolics 3670 computer, for use in broadcast, scientific, and industrial appications. Hardware options include: 8 and 24 bit per pixel displays with programmable resolution up to 1280 x 1024; an RGB frame grabber for video input ‘genlock’ option to generate broadcast quality video floatng point accelerator ; VTR an mation nter face Full y integrated Lisp-based sof tware options incude For tran and Pascal; Zeta Paint, to create origina images, and touch-up, mix, and modify existing image ; 3-D database, object definition, renderng and dynamics sof tware for the production of 3-D stills and animated sequences.

SIGGRAPH 1983

Symbolics manufactures powerful Lisp-based computers for artificial intelligence, CAD, VLSI design, simulation training, and command and control applications. These computers are 36-bit minicomputer based workstations complete with high resolution B & W and color graphics, local area networks and large hard disk file systems. Symbolics’ strengths are very sophisticated interactive display software, a full complement of local networking facilities, high performance Lisp-based (FORTRAN 77 available) computing and Al expertise. Symbolics’ Laser Graphics Printer features high resolution (240 X 240 DPI) for text, graphics, and typography; embedded MC68000 controller, software, and 1M byte memory. It interfaces with most computer systems.