Introduction

Abstract

In the beginning, computers were used to assist animators in conventional animation. As early as 1974, in Hungarian Peter Foldes won the Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival with his computer-aided film, Hunger. This film is based primarily on the so-called “interpolation” technique which involves supplying the computer with two drawings and asking it to compose a certain number of intermediate images. The technique was a boon to animated-film makers, since the essence of animation lies in producing a rapid series of drawings, each slightly different from its predecessor, to create the impression of movement or change in shape.