So tell me, are you an animator? Do you speak
with Japanese animation houses? How do you know
I would be mocked?
I actually work in the animation field, and no, I
would not be mocked. :P I didnt read all the
above posts, only a few, and the few I read
prompted me to post what I did. I just think
it's absolutely silly the issue came so far. I
work with animation, and people from other
companies who also work in animation. The term
CG is used widely, even when refering to computer
painted animation. No one would mock me because
no one would care enough, they would know what I
meant. Last time I checked, there wasnt a
standard vocabulary or dictionary amongst
animators.... Most of them assume almost all 2d
is colored in the computer now...so I think they
know better :P Not trying to sound rude, Im just
not keen on the fact that this is a REAL issue
here. It's just a term, even if it
is "incorrect" (or so people like to make it out
to be), people generally get the gist.
Something else, I am told that Disney, for their
straight to video releases, will only scan in the
key frames. The in betweens are all done using
the computer. This would mean that they are
entirely computer generated, with the exception
of the key frames, and perhaps some of the
backgrounds. So, CGI is a perfectly acceptable
term in this regard. I dont know if this is 100%
accurate, it's just an example. |