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Bearing up: Imageworks develops new tools and techniques to replicate a 2D graphic style in a 3D world.

Computer Graphics World

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Two improbable buddies--Boog, a 900-pound grizzly bear voiced by Martin Lawrence, and Elliot, a one-antlered mule deer voice by Ashton Kutcher--exhibit the strong graphic shapes with lush textural details used in Open Season, an animated film created with 3d tools.

If a summer filled with CGI features has taught us anything, it's that moviemakers can't guarantee box-office success simply by using 3D to make an animated film. The thrill of seeing 3D characters in a 3D world is gone, which might explain why CGI features are beginning to look so different from one another. Or, maybe it's rampant creativity. Other than the fundamental rule "You must start with a good ...

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