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How Technology Is Driving The Next Wave Of Film AnimationThe next generation of film animation will rely more heavily on technology and data processing than ever before.

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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Film animation technology has come a long way since the early days of hand-drawn cartoons. The techniques used by animators to bring characters to life have improved dramatically over the years, and unlike traditional animation, which made its debut in 1906 and created the illusion of movement through frame-by-frame manipulation of drawings and illustrations, most animators today use computers to generate three-dimensional images.Pixar, together with Disney, was the first company to create a feature-length computer-generated animation, with Toy Story in 1995. DreamWorks followed in 2001 with Shrek, which earned $484.4 million at the worldwide box office, and solidified computer animation as one of the most sophisticated and emotive forms of animation.

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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The next generation of film animation will rely more heavily on technology and data processing than ever before

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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Film animation technology has come a long way since the early days of hand-drawn cartoons. The techniques used by animators to bring characters to life have improved dramatically over the years, and unlike traditional animation, which made its debut in 1906 and created the illusion of movement through frame-by-frame manipulation of drawings and illustrations, most animators today use computers to generate three-dimensional images.

Pixar, together with Disney, was the first company to create a feature-length computer-generated animation, with Toy Story in 1995. DreamWorks followed in 2001 with Shrek, which earned $484.4 million at the worldwide box office, and solidified computer animation as one of the most sophisticated and emotive forms of animation.

While computers have assisted animators in their efforts for decades, the advent of computer animation was a turning point in terms of the type of technology animation studios needed to use. Until then, all of their animation could be carried out on workstations (powerful desktop computers), but computer-generated (CG) images create such large amounts of data that animation companies now have to build their own data centres in order to handle it all.

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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These data centres contain hundreds of powerful servers, which provide vast amounts of processing power, enabling CG animation studios big and small to work with large, complex datasets and intricate 3D models. HP is one of the main providers of data centre infrastructure, alongside Dell and Cisco, and brought together some of its animation studio customers at the Cannes Film Festival to discuss the importance of technology to their businesses.

French-based Dwarf Labs, a fast-growing animation and visual effects studio, relies on a combination of workstations and data centre infrastructure from HP to do its rendering. Belisaire Earl, head of production engineering at Dwarf Labs, said that the company's latest short film, Lune et le Loup, consists of 4 minutes of animation, which equates to 7,500 frames. But each frame is 150-200 MB, so the four minutes represents about 1.5 TB of data.

These demands are big, but the data demands of major animation studios such as Pixar and DreamWorks are even bigger. Today, almost all films are shot at 24 frames per second, which equates to 130,000 frames over a 90-minute film. In computer animation, each frame has hundreds of assets, and every character has thousands of control points, so an entire film can consist of up to 500 million digital files.

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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As a result, some animation studios have had to start outsourcing some of their data processing to even larger online data centres. While animation companies may not do all of their rendering in this 'cloud', there are inevitably times of year when the demand for processing power exceeds the capacity in their own data centres especially if they are working on several animated films at one time so they will 'burst out' into the cloud for short periods.

Yes we're storytellers, yes we love great characters, but under the hood, DreamWorks Animation is a digital manufacturer, said Kate Swanborg, head of technology communications and strategic alliances at DreamWorks. We are crafting 100 per cent digital goods for the consumer.A single DreamWorks film, like the soon-to-be-released How to Train Your Dragon 2, requires as many as 10,000 simultaneous computing cores, and 75 million computing hours, to render all the images. It also requires 250 TB of active disk space to store the film and deliver it to the servers and the artists. One movie is half a billion files, resulting in 250 billion pixels on screen.

Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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Animated picture fades into focus(Advanced)

To reproduce the picture effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout, and then click Blank.On the Insert tab, in the Images group, click Picture. In the Insert Picture dialog box, select a picture and then click Insert.Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the Size and Position dialog box launcher. In the Format Picture dialog box, resize or crop the image so that the height is set to 4 and the width is set to 6. To crop the picture, click Crop in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Crop position, enter values into the Height, Width, Left, and Top boxes. To resize the picture, click Size in the left pane, and in the right pane, under Size and rotate, enter values into the Height and Width boxes. Also under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, click the button below Crop, point to Crop to Shape, and then under Rectangles click Rounded Rectangle. Drag yellow adjustment handle to the left to decrease the size of rounded corners. On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align to Slide.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the animation effect on this slide, do the following:Select the picture. On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Add Animation, and then under Exit, click Fade. Also on the Animations tab, in the Timing group, do the following:In the Start list, select After Previous.In the Duration box, enter 00:20.On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow to the right of Copy, and then click Duplicate. Repeat this process five times until there are six duplicate pictures.On the Animations tab, in the Advanced Animation group, click Animation Pane.In the Animation Pane, select the first animation effect (fade exit) and press DELETE.Also in the Animation Pane, reverse the order of the animations by selecting each animation in the list and clicking the arrows next to Re-Order.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click the arrow next to Select, and then click Selection Pane.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the first (top) object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 100%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the second object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 80%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the third object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 60%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fourth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 40%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the fifth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the right pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Blur (second row).In the Radius box, enter 20%.In the Selection and Visibility pane, select the sixth object. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Picture Styles group, click Picture Effects, point to Glow, and click Glow Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Glow and Soft Edges in the left pane, and in the Glow and Soft Edges pane, under Glow, do the following:Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 79, Green: 129, and Blue: 189.In the Size box, enter 18 pt.In the Transparency box, enter 60%.On the Home tab, in the Editing group, click Select, and then click Select All.Also on the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Arrange, point to Align, and then do the following:Click Align Selected Objects.Click Align Center. Click Align Middle.

To reproduce the background effects on this slide, do the following:On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes, and then under Rectangles click Rectangle. On the slide, drag to draw a rectangle.Select the rectangle. Under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Size group, enter 7.5 into the Height box and 10 into the Width box.Also under Drawing Tools, on the Format tab, in the Shape Styles group, click Shape Fill, point to Gradients, and then click More Gradients. In the Format Shape dialog box, click Fill in the right pane, in the Fill pane, click Gradient fill, and then do the following:In the Type list, select Linear.In the Angle box, enter 90. Under Gradient stops, click Add gradient stops or Remove gradient stops until three stops appear in the slider.Also under Gradient stops, customize the gradient stops as follows:Select the first gradient stop. In the Position box, enter 0%. Click the button next to Color, and then under Theme Colors click Black, Text 1.In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Select the next gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 50%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 45, Green: 65, and Blue: 97. In the Transparency box, enter 0%.Select the last gradient stop.In the Position box, enter 100%.Click the button next to Color, click More Colors, and then in the Colors dialog box, on the Custom tab, enter values for Red: 91, Green: 128, and Blue: 169. In the Transparency box, enter 0%. Also in the Format Shape dialog box, click Line Color in the left pane, and in the Line Color pane click No line.Select the rectangle. On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy.Press DELETE to delete the rectangle on the slide.Also on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the arrow below Paste, and then click Paste Special. In the Paste Special dialog box, select Paste, and the under As select Picture (PNG). Select the background picture. Under Picture Tools, on the Format tab, in the Adjust group, click Artistic Effects, and then click Artistic Effects Options. In the Format Picture dialog box, click Artistic Effects in the left pane, and in the Artistic Effects pane, do the following:Click the button next to Presets and click Watercolor Sponge (third row).In the Transparency box, enter 50%.In the Brush Size box, enter 5. Also in the Format Picture dialog box, click Picture Corrections in the left pane, and in the Picture Corrections pane, under Brightness and Contrast, in the Contrast box enter -24%.

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