Pencil Test - Behind the Scenes

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Pencil Test - Behind the Scenes

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This is an incredible look behind the scenes on the creation of Apple's animated short, "Pencil Test", which was entirely rendered on Mac II computers back in 1988.
This incredible but of footage was from the QuickTime V1.0 CD.
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is it just me i ... ( 1 year ago by jackpierce10)

is it just me i noticed what they where doing there where on performa like machines, not apple ][s though i must say jesus all credit to them for doing that on apple ][s and system 7

It's amazing how ... ( 1 year ago by fixman88)

It's amazing how they did all that! I wonder how they linked all the computers together for the final render? (FibreChannel hadn't been invented yet ;) )

Array ( 1 year ago by SirTom909)

nice one alfred!
whens the NeXT video coming buddy??

Damn, I knew ... ( 1 year ago by adiblasi)

Damn, I knew someone was going to ask for that.. .and the Lisa in use video. I am trying to find that damn NeXT cable. I should have NEVER divorced it from the actual machine.

No, not Apple II's ... ( 1 year ago by adiblasi)

No, not Apple II's -- they were using Mac II's - that series of machines. There might have been some Performa's in there - not sure what year they came out - but they said that they even brought in machines from home to make the 'rendering grid'. Amazing.

Awesome footage ... ( 1 year ago by Sivvis)

Awesome footage alfred! Thank you for sharing!
-Rodrigo

amazing, please ... ( 1 year ago by theCro)

amazing, please find even more archive old vids

wow fucking amazing ... ( 1 year ago by diejoekool)

wow fucking amazing, BTW do you know of a easy way of learning how to modelate in 3D?

holy crap....thats ... ( 1 year ago by lynkonline)

holy crap....thats pretty amazing concidering its ancient technology, very, very impressive!!!

That amazing. ... ( 1 year ago by CrazyTobster)

That amazing. Today there Blender which is free because that created it closed down and decided to put give Blender and GNU License so that it is still maintained and upgraded, free to download and use and state of the art. check it on the Net it is now a massive Open Source project. They make money from things like publishing the User Guide Book and donations and stuff.

"advanced ... ( 1 year ago by wfd1234567)

"advanced Technology" LOL this is fantastic

that is insane... ... ( 1 year ago by jchiaro)

that is insane...for being such old technology the skit they made is incredible.

Jeez - This is ... ( 1 year ago by 3Deity)

Jeez - This is painful to watch! God bless NURBS, rigs, NLA, deforms and weight maps!

Interesting: the ... ( 1 year ago by nicoladagostino)

Interesting: the credits roll features a line with "Coach - John Lasseter"
nda

Wow.. not bad for ... ( 1 year ago by pistolero18)

Wow.. not bad for the good old days.

Cool stuff! Thanks ... ( 1 year ago by femicastudios)

Cool stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Glad you enjoyed it ... ( 1 year ago by adiblasi)

Glad you enjoyed it. We've come a long way!

as usual... ... ( 1 year ago by ddalesssio)

as usual... unvaluable material. I remember how amazed i was when I first saw this animation in 1991.
Thanks!
DD

Thanks DD. I'm ... ( 1 year ago by adiblasi)

Thanks DD. I'm still digging more stuff 'out of the archives' to share, so stay tuned...

Please continue to ... ( 1 year ago by Zakske)

Please continue to open up your treasure chest of old skool Apple stuff.

That's good that ... ( 1 year ago by Nokorola)

That's good that they found a way to overcome the 4mb ram limitations on the mac.

Please Start ... ( 1 year ago by wilkinsonproductions)

Please Start Uploading all those tapes you showed us in the closet, It is truely worth it, Your videos are so awsome man!

Ohhhhhh. So that's ... ( 1 year ago by HubmaN1234)

Ohhhhhh. So that's where the Pencil 3D Test came from!

That was on a 16mhz ... ( 5 months ago by drivojulianrobotnik)

That was on a 16mhz 68020,2mb RAM, and the nonmultitasking System 4.
Also, the software was new.

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