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Macromedia release Flash

Dec 1996

Flash is a popular software solution for web based animation and interactivity. Originally the brainchild of Jonathan Gay in 1993, FutureWave software produced SmartSketch, included both frame by f...

First Computer Generated Animation Background for a Feature Film

1991

'The Ballroom Sequence' from Beauty and the Beast, Disney studios, is the first example of a CGI background and traditional animated characters composited in.

CompuServe introduce GIF89a

1989

GIF87a was introduced in 1987 as a raster graphics image format for download. The 1989 varient introduced storage of multiple images in one file, which could create simple animations for the web.

First fully computer generated character in a Motion Picture

Dec 4, 1985

Created for Young Sherlock Holmes by Industrial Light and Magic, the 'Stained Glass Knight' is the first example of a full computer generated character for a motion picture.

Pixar Animation Studios founded

Nov 3, 1985

Originally founded as a division with LucasFilm in 1979 to create CGI animation. Steve Jobs purchased the division in 1986 and renamed it Pixar.

Disney Company founded

Oct 16, 1923

Originally known as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, the Disney Company was formed when contracted to produce a series of 'Alice Comedies' for M.J. Winkler

Gertie the Dinosaur - short animation released

Sep 14, 1914

Created by Winsor McCay Considered the first animation with a 'character with a personality'. It also was the first use of keyframe animation, a process originally here, where McKay would draw Key ...

The first credited use of Pixilation

1911

Pixilation, the stop motion technique of animating 'live actors' frame by frame. The first known use of this technique was in Emlie Courtets film - 'Jobard ne peut pas voir les femmes travailler'

The first credited use of Stop Motion Animation

1898

The Humpty Dumpty Circus by Albert E. Smith and J. Stuart Blackton, features a group of toy animals that come to life.

The first European Zoetrope

1834

Created by William Horner who called it a "daedalum". William F Lincoln promoted Horner's device in the United States as a "zoetrope". The Earliest example of a Zoetrope though goes to Ting Haun, ...

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