Is the ENTIRE city in 3D?

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I know that they made a model of the city in 3D, but in scenes outside where you can see more detail of things (signs, writing, etc) are these of the 3D model or are they painted? (is the inside of Planet Express all rendered and thats what we see every episode inside?)

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Hey binder! Welcome to PEEL! 
I have no clue what you're asking here...

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Matt said in an interview that the entire Futurama city was mapped out in 3D (like you see in the 3D sequences) but I was wondering if in normal scenes, like of the characters just standing on the streets talking, were also used from the same 3D map or they were painted.

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I believe they were hand-drawn.

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And assembled with computer, but no 3D mapping seems to be used, unless under special circumstances.

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Non-moving backgrounds are hand-drawn. Even if the camera moves up & down, left or right, or even diagonally or twisting circularly....if the perspective remains the same, then it's hand-drawn. When the background changes to different 'perspectives' in the same scene, then it's usually a 3D computer shot.

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Listen to the smart lobster doctor animator (sp?)

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yeah, he's smart... I think, or else he's just making this all up when he needs to

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Ahhhh....SlimmyABCDEFG....the admin who still refuses to believe I work on the show. (Not surprised. Lots of weirdos on the net faking it.)

But SlimmyCGEF, I'm not a fake. Trust me. Look deep into my Penguin from Batman swirling umbrella pattern eyes!

I'm not a mean guy. Or a weirdo. Damn, if you were around the Simpson boards 1.5 years ago, you would've seen that I got 22 out of 22 episodes exactly described.....a year before they aired. But Mike Scully (that loveable fop) had me canned at the end of last season (for that reason). That's why I'm on Futurama now. Same creator, different writers. And a better atmosphere altogether.

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You're a crazy pennyless lobster doctor no combination of you should be an animator.

Anyway I've seen the city animated and none-animated.
Its mostly animated when you get a overview of the city or large amounts of buildings swoop by.(see cryogenic woman as Fry & michelle ride the airscooter) But when you see small parts that are stationary they are usually hand-drawn.

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Originally posted by Sarge:
Non-moving backgrounds are hand-drawn. Even if the camera moves up & down, left or right, or even diagonally or twisting circularly....if the perspective remains the same, then it's hand-drawn. When the background changes to different 'perspectives' in the same scene, then it's usually a 3D computer shot.

 

Originally posted by Radijs:
Anyway I've seen the city animated and none-animated.
Its mostly animated when you get a overview of the city or large amounts of buildings swoop by.(see cryogenic woman as Fry & michelle ride the airscooter) But when you see small parts that are stationary they are usually hand-drawn.

Way to say almost the same exact thing as Sarge, Radijs

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I havent seen futurama since the season finale, but I got the old tapes out and watched and I see that they are hand drawen now. But remember the Nixon episode where Bender's Head is driving the toy car inside? That was a 3D scene with hand drawn characters on it (if I remember correctly)

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So just how is the main part of futurama dome comp or drawn?

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If you mean the opening, that is computers.

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If something looks really really really really slick & exact when animated, it's done with computers, & shot on 1's. Hand-drawn animation is usually shot on 2's. (Shoot the drawing onto film for 2 frames).
By the way, they can combine hand-drawn animation (characters, props) with computer animation (spaceship, background, special effects). 

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Radijs, I hope you were joking. Didn't sound like it though.

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What's up with all this hostility towards Sarge?

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Jealousy

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Bingo!

I'm not a 'fame' mongerer. I do like to use my occupation as a conversation piece. (wierd!) But I can sympathize with some people saying "Yeah, right, sure." I mean, this is the internet, & a lot of people like to 'pretend'.

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And if you think he's pretending . . .

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I'm pretty sure Radijs was kidding with the "no part of you should be an animator" thing...but still, what's up with questioning Sarge? He's been here for more than a month, and a lot longer on that Simpsons board. We wouldn't let him post for that long without forcing him to cough up proof.

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Originally posted by Nixorbo:
And if you think he's pretending . . .

 

you won an emmy, sarge?  am i not getting something, because that's pretty durn awesome.

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Easy enough - have you appeared in the end credits?

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It's easier to appear in the end credits than to get 5 Emmys. (That's how many I got.)
My name's in about 1/5th of all the shows. Look in The Way We Was, & 22 Short Films About Springfield, & Last Exit To Springfield. If you see Paul Wees' name, I'm usually on the same screen.

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I would like to see a simpsons episode where homer gets cloned, or at least an opening where when they go to the couch clones are alreay there, and ss guys take them away. HEHE

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OK, this topic has no more use. 

::Takes it out back and puts it down::