A biography of the pixel:
"The co-founder of Pixar explains the history and development of computer animation"--
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| Zusammenfassung: | "The co-founder of Pixar explains the history and development of computer animation"-- "The Great Digital Convergence of all media types into one universal digital medium occurred, with little fanfare, at the recent turn of the millennium. The bit became the universal medium, and the pixel—a particular packaging of bits—conquered the world. Henceforward, nearly every picture in the world would be composed of pixels—cell phone pictures, app interfaces, Mars Rover transmissions, book illustrations, videogames. In A Biography of the Pixel, Pixar cofounder Alvy Ray Smith argues that the pixel is the organizing principle of most modern media, and he presents a few simple but profound ideas that unify the dazzling varieties of digital image making. Smith's story of the pixel's development begins with Fourier waves, proceeds through Turing machines, and ends with the first digital movies from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Blue Sky. Today, almost all the pictures we encounter are digital—mediated by the pixel and irretrievably separated from their media; museums and kindergartens are two of the last outposts of the analog. Smith explains, engagingly and accessibly, how pictures composed of invisible stuff become visible—that is, how digital pixels convert to analog display elements. Taking the special case of digital movies to represent all of Digital Light (his term for pictures constructed of pixels), and drawing on his decades of work in the field, Smith approaches his subject from multiple angles—art, technology, entertainment, business, and history." |
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SERIES
FOREWORD
IX
BEGINNINGS:
A SIGNAL
EVENT
1
FOUNDATIONS:
THREE
GREAT
IDEAS
9
1
FOURIER S
FREQUENCIES:
THE
MUSIC
OF
THE
WORLD
11
2
KOTELNIKOV S
SAMPLES:
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING 43
3
TURING S
COMPUTATIONS:
ELEVENTY-ELEVEN
SKYDILLION 77
CONTRIBUTIONS:
TWO
HIGH
TECHNOLOGIES
115
4
DAWN
OF
DIGITAL
LIGHT:
THE QUICKENING 117
5
MOVIES
AND
ANIMATION:
SAMPLING
TIME
165
THE
RISE
AND
SHINE
OF
DIGITAL LIGHT 229
6
SHAPES
OF
THINGS
TO
COME
231
7
SHADES
OF
MEANING
309
8
THE
MILLENNIUM
AND
THE
MOVIE
381
FINALE:
THE
GREAT
DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE 435
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
469
NOTES
475
IMAGE
CREDITS
511
INDEX
519
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CONTENTS
SERIES
FOREWORD
IX
BEGINNINGS:
A SIGNAL
EVENT
1
FOUNDATIONS:
THREE
GREAT
IDEAS
9
1
FOURIER'S
FREQUENCIES:
THE
MUSIC
OF
THE
WORLD
11
2
KOTELNIKOV'S
SAMPLES:
SOMETHING FROM NOTHING 43
3
TURING'S
COMPUTATIONS:
ELEVENTY-ELEVEN
SKYDILLION 77
CONTRIBUTIONS:
TWO
HIGH
TECHNOLOGIES
115
4
DAWN
OF
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THE QUICKENING 117
5
MOVIES
AND
ANIMATION:
SAMPLING
TIME
165
THE
RISE
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SHINE
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6
SHAPES
OF
THINGS
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COME
231
7
SHADES
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MEANING
309
8
THE
MILLENNIUM
AND
THE
MOVIE
381
FINALE:
THE
GREAT
DIGITAL
CONVERGENCE 435
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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NOTES
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IMAGE
CREDITS
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INDEX
519
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