What is the future of animation?

This question is being pondered all the time in the center of Huaguo Animation, Haishi Fine Arts Film Studio.

To a certain extent, Song Mu can be said to have the answer.

In her opinion, whether it is 2D or 3D, ink, shadow puppetry, and paper-cutting...... And so on and so forth, these are the carriers or forms of cartoons.

In terms of content, there are generations of versions and a generation of gods, taking the animation of the country next door as an example, the exploration period of the 20 years after the war, the period of the stars and the sea of the 70s, the brainless blood period of today's mainstream, the chatter period of the gods and gods that are sprouting, and the bloody period of the new century......

What has been popular for a while is also not representative of the future of animation itself.

What really represents the future of animation is the advancement of technology, paperless, detailed, post-production special effects, and so on.

She believes that in time, not only animation, but all industries related to graphics will start from here and take an important step towards a new future.

"Not bad," Song Mu commented, "It would be better if the fluency was taken to the next level." ”

"This is just a test version, and the follow-up optimization should be smoother." Shen Chang explained: "But it's just a little smoother, and after the development, I found that the functions you want are too forward-looking, and they have exceeded the functional limits of the current computer. System. ”

Song Mu nodded and said that he understood, regarding forward-looking, it must be very good.

"But don't worry too much," Shen Chang continued, "According to the law of fungus, the number of components on an integrated circuit will double every 18 months, and the corresponding performance will also double. I believe it won't take a few generations for this software to achieve the responsiveness you depicted at the time. ”

Song Mu does not doubt this, she knows more about the future computer: "Is there a follow-up on the window version?" ”

"There are a few people in charge of the window version," Speaking of this, Shen Chang was a little embarrassed: "But the progress is still somewhat poor." On the one hand, it is the branch we bought. There are not many computers with window systems, on the one hand, the compatibility of the current window system is not good, so the progress is a little slow for the time being. ”

"It's okay, just take your time." Song Mu is not in a hurry about this, after all, the real rise of the window system should be after 95, and now as long as it is adapted, "Next, it's time to divide some people into post-production software." ”

"It's already getting it, you don't need to worry." Shen Chang had already gotten the design ideas of the post-production software before, so after he had free time for productivity, he had already put the post-production software on the agenda: "What you need to care more about now is the naming of this software." ”

He pointed to the software icon on the desktop, the name on the drawing software at the moment is directly named after the version number than ETA3, and the icon is just a blank, nothing.

"What is this......" Song Mu held his chin with his hand, and after thinking for a while, a skin thought suddenly came to him: "Let's call it P Piece." ”

"Huh?" Although Shen Chang did not contradict this name, he somewhat did not understand, why is a good Huaguo software called a foreign name?

He didn't know that the three letters P Pierce were the initials of the three software, "Photo Shop", "Painter" and "Zuowei", and the reason why Song Mu named it so can be regarded as a tribute to the past.

"Our software is for the world, so naturally we have to give it an English name," Song Mu said in a serious nonsense: "As for these three letters, the first letter represents photo, that is, photo; The second letter stands for picture, which means picture; The third letter stands for S Roll Roll, which is the scroll and the picture scroll. The connection means that our software is like a reel of photos and pictures, and any painting can be processed! ”

"Awesome!" Shen Chang didn't know if he really felt powerful, or if he was simply praising his girlfriend's stinky feet, "This name is really good." ”

Han Yangqiu dismantled the stage inopportunely and said: "Piseture contains Photo, right, wouldn't it be better to call it Pierce directly?" ”

Song Mu: "......?!" ”

Is this a special coincidence? Or is there a hidden force that wants to break it back? Don't want Pies, a word that has evolved from a software name into an act, to disappear into history?

"Well, it's not impossible...... Song Mu was a little entangled, "but it's not just Piece......"

Seeing Song Mu entangled, Han Yangqiu didn't insist, but said with his unique style of "intimate" "comfort": "It's good, as long as we don't say it, no one will know that it's called Pieth." ”

Song Mu: "......"

Thank you all for it!

In the end, this software that combines the common functions and advantages of the three software "Photo Shop", "Painter" and "Zuowei" was finally named, and as for the icons, it is a green orange, a paintbrush and a blue S with a capital letter......

After a few more version changes, it finally stabilized, and all the computers in the elite group were installed at the first time.

In addition to learning Chinese, the two foreign teachers added a software course in their spare time, and I don't know whether it was the enthusiasm of the pilgrimage or their original proficiency in computers, or the maturity of the visual design language. Because of this, it has become a lot easier to promote from top to bottom in the studio.

Time flies, the Gallic Annecy International Animation Film Festival arrived as scheduled, and because of the production committee at home, all the production of "Mulan" was not delayed.

"Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" won three awards in one fell swoop: the "Animated Film Crystal Award", the "Animated Film Audience Choice Award" and the "Main Competition Unit Award".

The people who went to Gaul to receive the award were still all the members of the elite group, and at the award ceremony, they were still familiar with the recipe and familiar taste - wearing the Hanfu when the little golden man received the award, the completely distracted acceptance speech, and the promotion of "Mulan" as if nothing happened.

After returning to China, they once again embarked on the old path when they got the little golden man, and every day was a variety of interviews and various report conferences, so that they didn't have much time to participate in the production of "Mulan" in person.

Major theaters around the world, including Huaguo, took advantage of this wave of award-winning popularity to turn out the already painted "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" again; The international distributor W Bi took the opportunity to launch the videotape of the award-winning collector's edition of "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother"; After obtaining Song Mu's consent, Lianhua launched a version of the so-called limited-edition, but actually a limited-edition commemorative edition of the production line.

"Tsk, what a great opportunity," Song Mu couldn't help but sigh when he saw that all parties involved had made a lot of money, "If "Mulan" is released at this time, I'm afraid it will have to be earned, right?" ”

"Think of something good." Zhao Wende handed a bag of popcorn to Song Mu, who was squatting behind the counter, and he looked at the "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" screened on the front curtain and said, "Tell me, is there anything going on today?" ”

Song Mu couldn't help but roll her eyes, she ignored Boss Zhao's last question, and continued to herself: "I know that I am an extravagant hope, and I also know that everyone has tried their best to catch up with the work while ensuring the quality, I believe that anyone who is making "Mulan" dares to pat his chest and say that he has never been lazy. ”

Speaking of this, she sighed: "But seeing that you can all rub a wave of popularity because of my award, I really want to rub it~"

"Fuck off, who rarely rubs your heat." Boss Zhao also rolled his eyes, "I wish there were fewer people in my video hall, it's all because you won the award, and you made a mess here, I have to play "Splitting the Mountain to Save the Mother" all day long, I don't have time to watch some other movies." Don't interrupt here, tell me, what's the matter with me? ”

"It's really okay, Zhao Ye!" Song Mu had a feeling of wanting to cry without tears: "I won't just say it last time, and when I come back next time, I will say anything and pick something okay, if nothing else, just to see you!" ”

After listening to Song Mu's words, Zhao Wende's body stiffened, and then he tried hard to ask in a disapproving tone: "Is it really okay?" ”

"Not really!" Song Mu confirmed again: "Recently, I have been busy making reports everywhere, and it is rare to steal half a day of leisure, so I will come to you directly." I wanted to see you and pick two new movies to relax, but who knew it would be like this again. Alas...... It's really not okay, you can open a store in another place, I promise to go back to it. Field. ”

Boss Zhao looked at the rows of seats full of people, and after a while, he also sighed, and then said: "At first, I was annoyed when I saw so many people, but now they are annoyed and annoyed, but they are a little adapted, so let's do it first." Wait until you can't stand it anymore. ”

Song Mu looked at Zhao Wende in surprise, she almost couldn't believe that what she said just now was actually said by Boss Zhao?! When did Boss Zhao start to like the excitement?!

"Master Zhao?" Song Mu stretched out his hand to silently Zhao Wende's forehead, but he was afraid that others would see it, so he retracted it again: "You don't have a fever, right?" When did you like to be lively? ”

As soon as she said this, she suddenly regretted it a little. Although I have known Zhao Wende for a long time, I really don't really know this big guy.

I don't know if these words made Zhao Wende dislike Song Mu again, or if it touched the softness in Boss Zhao's heart. It was so soft that he wanted to divert the topic, but Boss Zhao didn't answer her words, but took out a big envelope from the counter that looked familiar.

While handing it to Song Mu, he whispered to her: "By the way, there is a letter from the previous registration, if your "Mulan" is in a hurry, this time the popularity may be able to catch up." ”