What's up, Doc? Imaging by 'Wabit': new Warner Bros. unit integrates animated scenes with live action. (Warner Bros. Imaging Technology)(Special Children's TV Report)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1994 by McConnell, Chris

New Warner Bros. unit integrates animated scenes with live action Batman doesn't live in Gotham City. He lives on a microchip. So do the Tasmanian Devil, Clark Kent and, from the upcoming film "A Little Princess," Sara Crewe. While drawn or shot on film, TV and movie characters increasingly are migrating from traditional sets into computer-generated, three-dimensional backgrounds.

At Warner Bros., producers have set up a special division of technicians who electronically generate cityscapes, fantasy worlds and other environments for cartoon and film characters. The studio has taken technology used to generate special effects in "Jurassic Park" and other high-budget feature films and incorporated it at its new Warner Bros. Imaging Technology...

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