Archive for October, 2006

Wired and Suits

If you wandered here from the Wired News article, you may be wondering why we chose a suit demo video. I actually know people who know people who wear suits. In this case, I made the demo in response to a challenge, liked it, and decided to post it. If we can make this guy look cool, think about how much more we could do for you! :-) FYI, despite what the Wired article says, my last name is spelled Schwartz, not Shwartz.

Stan

We’re Pre-Launch!

Thanks for visiting Toonamation.com! You’re early! We’re still getting things together around here, so expect lots of changes soon. In the meantime, here’s a little bit about Toonamation.

In short, we’ve created a set of image manipulation algorithms that can be used to create new art from your photographs and video. We’re always developing new effects, but our best stuff to date can turn your photos into visually striking comics and your videos into rotoscoped wonders like “A Scanner Darkly”.

Here’s sample output from one of our tooners:
Tooning Process
“Dancing Girl” Creative Commons by I’mClaude

Here’s the same effect applied to a video:

Royalty-free video source provided by artbeats

Our goal is to make these tools “one click easy” for web use and flexible and powerful for offline use. For example, we’re currently finalizing a deal with Digital Anarchy to put out a plugin for After Effects, Final Cut Pro, and Photoshop. We’re also interested in fostering communities for our users to hang out in, demo, and learn, where we can get to know them and better understand their needs.

For the moment, we’re talking with all sorts of smart people about our technology and working out the best way to make it available and fun to use. We think we’ve got some pretty neat ideas brewing, so check back soon (or subscribe to our rss feed) to stay in touch. You can also reach us with questions, comments, or partnership offers :-) at friendly_face at toonamation dot com. We’d love to hear from you!
Thanks,
-The Toonamation Team


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