Ontario, Canada-based Sheridan College, one of the leading animation
programs in North America, is expanding its facilities with the latest
animation equipment including new computers, software, cameras and pencil
test systems. For pencil tests, Sheridan has purchased six Video
LunchBoxes. Created two years ago by Oregon-based Animation Toolworks, the
Video LunchBox captures still images from a video camera and plays back
this sequence of images at the same rate as film images or television
video. It enables animators to test their work in progress, monitoring
pacing, lighting, and registration as they work. Video LunchBoxes have been
installed in animation studios and educational facilities around the world,
including MTV Animation, Will Vinton Studios, Tippett Studios, Curious
Pictures, the National Film Board of Canada, NYU, CalArts, USC, UCLA, and
Philadelphia University of the Arts. For more information about the Video
LunchBox, contact Howard Mozeico at Animation Toolworks Inc., Tel.
503-625-6438; Email: howardm@animationtoolworks.com; Or visit:
www.animationtoolworks.com
Kellie-Bea Rainey reviewed the Video LunchBox's performance in the
June 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine.
