Most people probably know Fantavision as a weird PS2 game, but nerds will know it as one of the first (if not the first) consumer computer animation programs for the Apple ][e. It was a bitch to use and you had about 6 colors at your disposal. But it did have rudimentary tweening and a timeline of sorts. I was pleased to run across this amazing video of an Aeriae music video made with Fantavision. The transitions, all of the scene stitching, and some of the major frame movement were done with Final Cut but still, each animation taken separately, it is a gorgeous feat, all done by Wade Clarke on an emulated Apple IIgs on an iMac G5. Wade said it took him 4 months in his spare time to produce the video. It had to be a ton of planning and hours of management of very tiny files. Bless you Wade!
Watch the video and then visit Wade’s making of AMay photo tour.
i love the oldskool paint and animation tools. you really can get away with alot if you need to. 4 months is a pretty quick turnaround especially for a spare time project. coolness!
Comment by dave — April 8, 2008 @ 11:11 am