| Mankind has always thrived on innovation and it is this | | | | of the media carriers like movies, advertisements and |
| innovative instinct which inspired our prehistoric | | | | even magazines incorporated its application in their field |
| cave-dwelling ancestors to make new discoveries. | | | | of business. |
| Since then there have been irreversible changes which | | | | The credit of popularizing the effective usage of 3D |
| have totally transformed the face of our planet from | | | | cartoon animation all over the world lies undisputedly |
| those early days but the streak of innovation still | | | | with Disney since it is in this organization that animation |
| remains the same and continues to drive men towards | | | | was utilized to its optimum potential and released to |
| new frontiers. | | | | reveal its true caliber by individuals who were truly in |
| It is courtesy of this innovative thought process that 3D | | | | search of exceptional results. Therefore, while movies |
| cartoon animation, which was considered as being | | | | like 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Aladdin' were |
| nearly impossible prior to the advent of computers, | | | | perfection personified in the field of 2D animation, it |
| was suddenly found to be within reach with the | | | | was 'Toy Story' in 1995 which held the honor of being |
| promise of opening a whole galaxy of possibilities. | | | | the first extremely successful 3D cartoon animation |
| Although there is no one single person who can be | | | | film produced by Disney to be followed by many more |
| credited and honored for having discovered this | | | | in its wake. |
| technological advancement, the burgeoning idea of 3D | | | | Apart from movies, 3D cartoon animation has been |
| cartoon animation was given shape for the first time in | | | | successfully used in the fields of education and |
| 1961 by Ivan Sutherland who created an interactive | | | | advertising as well as it not only focuses on people, |
| sketchpad software package which allowed users to | | | | animals and moving figures but on background |
| draw images on the computer and replicate them. This | | | | illustrations as well. While 3D cartoon animation in the |
| acted as an inspiration for a number of professionals | | | | field of education has been primarily used to create |
| dedicated to this field and the final breakthrough came | | | | game design programs, its utility in the world of |
| during the 1980s' when the first image editing program | | | | advertising was proved by an organization named |
| in form of the Adobe Photoshop was created and | | | | Pixar who relied on short and sweet 3D cartoon |
| subsequently released. The immense global popularity | | | | animation films to sell their products. |
| of the concept could be gauged by the fact that most | | | | |