Comment Nothing New... (Score 2, Interesting) 337
Disney has been using CG in their "traditional" animation for some time. My kids were watching "The Emperor's New Groove" the other day and I watched the behind-the-scenes portion in which they showed how many elements (such as the wagon pulled by the John Goodman character) were CG and combined with traditional animation for the characters. It looks just like the cel-based animation, since they use shaders that make the 3D objects look hand-drawn. If I recall correctly, they also used a good bit of CG in even older productions, such as "Beauty and the Beast."
This is also a trend that goes beyond Disney- DreamWorks used lots and lots of CG in "Spirit- Stallion of the Cimmeron" (the extras on the DVD are worth watching).
The thing to remember in all this is that the move to CG doesn't mean you won't have Disney features that look hand-drawn. Not all CG looks like work from Pixar or "Shrek." Use the right shaders and picking out the CG from hand-drawn gets very difficult indeed.
This is also a trend that goes beyond Disney- DreamWorks used lots and lots of CG in "Spirit- Stallion of the Cimmeron" (the extras on the DVD are worth watching).
The thing to remember in all this is that the move to CG doesn't mean you won't have Disney features that look hand-drawn. Not all CG looks like work from Pixar or "Shrek." Use the right shaders and picking out the CG from hand-drawn gets very difficult indeed.
