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CompuServe encouraged the adoption of GIF by providing downloadable conversion utilities for many computers. By December 1987, for example, an Apple IIGS user could view pictures created on an Atari ST or Commodore 64. [4] GIF was one of the first two image formats commonly used on Web sites, the other being the black-and-white XBM. [5]
Stephen Earl Wilhite [2] (March 3, 1948 – March 14, 2022) was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for 8-bit color images on the Internet until PNG (1996) became a widely supported alternative ...
The X-rating was used to promote the film and it became the highest-grossing independent animated film of all time. The success of Heavy Traffic (1973) made Bakshi the first since Disney to have two financially successful animated feature films in a row. The film utilized an artistic blend of techniques with still photography as the background ...
1927 – First appearance of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in Trolley Troubles. He appears in Poor Papa, which is made earlier in 1927, but it is rejected by Universal Pictures and not released until 1928. 1928 – Mickey Mouse, and Minnie Mouse make their debuts in Steamboat Willie, the first ever synchronized cartoon with sound.
John Whitney Sr. (1917–1995) was an American animator, composer and inventor, widely considered to be one of the fathers of computer animation. [1] In the 1940s and 1950s, he and his brother James created a series of experimental films made with a custom-built device based on old anti-aircraft analog computers (Kerrison Predictors) connected by servomechanisms to control the motion of lights ...
Image credits: suburbanbeard While that 0.6% increase might not sound like a lot of money, any additional cash you can choose how you spend is valuable. Meanwhile, after-tax income, adjusted for ...
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First CGI film created for viewing with 3-D glasses. Spawn: First extensive use of CGI fire in a feature film beyond sweetening. First film to integrate a CGI fabric onto a character's costume. [41] Titanic: First wide-release feature film with CGI elements rendered under the open-source Linux operating system. [42]