- Marionette (software)
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Marionette (software) Developer(s) Pixar Animation Studios License Proprietary Marionette is the proprietary software developed and used in-house by Pixar Animation Studios in the animation of their movies and shorts. Marionette is not available for sale and is only used by Pixar. As a result, little is known outside of Pixar about the detailed workings of this software.
Pixar claims that Marionette is designed to be intuitive and familiar to animators who have traditional cel animation experience.
Pixar chooses to use a proprietary system in lieu of the commercial products available and used by other companies because it can edit the software code to meet their needs. One example of this editing is shown in extra features of The Incredibles DVD; it is explained that previous versions of Marionette were not able to stretch models in the ways needed to correctly animate Elastigirl so the in-house Marionette development team created a new version that included this feature.
The Marionette credit included with all Pixar films created on the system.
References
- Karen Paik, To Infinity and Beyond!: The Story of Pixar Animation Studios, ISBN 0-81-1850129
Pixar Animation Studios Feature films - Toy Story (1995)
- A Bug's Life (1998)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- Finding Nemo (2003)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- Cars (2006)
- Ratatouille (2007)
- WALL-E (2008)
- Up (2009)
- Toy Story 3 (2010)
- Cars 2 (2011)
- Brave (2012)
Shorts Original- Luxo Jr. (1986)
- Red's Dream (1987)
- Tin Toy (1988)
- Knick Knack (1989)
- Geri's Game (1997)
- For the Birds (2000)
- Boundin' (2003)
- One Man Band (2005)
- Lifted (2006)
- Presto (2008)
- Partly Cloudy (2009)
- Day & Night (2010)
Feature-related- Mike's New Car (2002)
- Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
- Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
- Your Friend the Rat (2007)
- BURN-E (2008)
- Dug's Special Mission (2009)
- Hawaiian Vacation (2011)
Short series- Toy Story Treats (1996)
- Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales (2008–present)
- Toy Story Toons (2011–present)
Franchises - Toy Story (1995–present)
- Cars (2006–present)
Associated productions - The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
- John Carter (2012)
- 1906 (TBA)
Compilations - Tiny Toy Stories (1996)
- Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1 (2007)
Documentaries - The Pixar Story (2007)
Products - Pixar Image Computer
- RenderMan
- Marionette
People See also - List of Pixar characters
- List of Pixar awards and nominations (feature films
- shorts)
- List of Pixar film references
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (The Adventure Begins)
- Lucasfilm Animation
- Circle 7 Animation
Categories:- Software stubs
- Pixar
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