This IS the Avid L2: [Avid-L2] Re: How Avid kills editors

Hi Greg,

With digital animation, the work is being outsourced to the computer. ;-)

With traditional animation, exactly how many ink and paint people are there in the US? My guess would be zero.

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Staten <gregstaten@...> wrote:
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> Steve,
> While that may well be true for made-for-television animation, that isn't
> the case for feature animation. Disney Animation Studio, Pixar Animation
> Studios, DreamWorks, and BlueSky - just to name the "big four" - all do the
> vast majority of their animation work with North America-based animators.
> It is true that DreamWorks in particular has an animation studio in
> Bangalore and is opening one in China and that the Bangalore studio has
> done scenes for recent films, DreamWorks' stated goal is to have these
> sites eventually produce their own films for the international market, not
> to replace animators in the US.
>
> -greg
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 8:40 AM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...>wrote:
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> > This seems quite valuable - although it does open US post production up to
> > "outsourcing." Hire a bunch of inexpensive editors from somewhere else and
> > let them tap into the footage in LA or NY or Chicago. This has already
> > happened with US animation which is largely done overseas in India or China.
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> > Steve Hullfish
> > contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> > author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
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