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episode 88: BEFLIX, Early Computer Anumation
Digital animation has really become an artform in and of itself. In the current epoch these animations play out on fancy bitmapped displays, but it's origins are far more visceral. Or maybe we should say far more hacky. This episode we are diving in to BEFLIX: an early animation toolchain from Bell Labs that produced computer films on physical rolls of film.
Selected Sources:
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/363958.363993 - Paper on Zajac animation
https://jimboulton.medium.com/studies-in-perception-a-restoration-story-241cd8c75ab1 - Recreation of Studies in Perception I
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1464122.1464130 - BEFLIX Paper
https://techchannel.att.com/playvideo/2012/09/10/AT&T-Archives-Computer-Technique-Production-Animated-Movies - BEFLIX animation about BEFLIX