Feline Follies in 3D

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Feline Follies in 3D from Clay Kent on Vimeo.

Same thing on You tube just in case:



(Final Project Turn In )

In this Feline Follies cartoon Master Tom (later to be renamed Felix the Cat) is introduced. This was an very early example of the craft and style that would eventually develop into the cartoons we know and love. Since the copyright is up and I can use this footage copyright free (I believe this cartoon dates to 1919) I decided to take a couple of scenes and not only render the 3D equivalents but to display it in anaglyph (red/cyan) 3d. I'm pretty happy with the result. Some of it works better than the rest but overall I think this is a success and a good homage to the origins of modern cartoons. (OK the 40,50,and 60s cartoons) I'll definitely be playing with this more at some point.

Some specifics: 3d scenes created in blender using the orginal cartoon footage plastered on as the texture (primarily using uv projection) - Also Motion for stabilization and keying and Final Cut pro for editing. The files for this exist as seperate left and right renders to create a more modern 3D rendering with circular polarization or some other rendering scheme someday but anaglyph is a fun throw back to old technology and probably the best way to present 3d to the most people through the internet.

Download the H264 version (40meg)