How Every Single Pixar Movie Advanced 3D Animation (Part Two: 'Brave' To 'Luca') | Movies Insider

Every Pixar movie has introduced its own technical problems, from Hank's tentacle animation in "Finding Dory" to the intense layering of cloth on the skeletons in "Coco." In this episode of "Movies Insider," we take a look at how the unique worlds, characters, and practical challenges brought up by each Pixar movie pushed the studio to expand animation technology. We break down the progress the studio has made over the years in different areas of computer technology, including cloth shading, hair simulation, volumetric clouds, and advanced character rigging. Here's how Pixar improved CG animation with every one of its films from 2012's "Brave" to 2021's "Luca."

Intro 00:00
Brave (2012) 00:30
Monsters University (2013) 1:51
Inside Out (2015) 3:04
The Good Dinosaur (2015) 3:57
Finding Dory (2016) 5:05
Cars 3 (2017 6:18
Coco (2017) 7:12
The Incredibles 2 (2018) 8:07
Toy Story 4 (2019) 9:23
Onward (2020) 10:03
Soul (2021) 11:23
Luca (2021) 12:25

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How Every Single Pixar Movie Advanced 3D Animation (Part Two: 'Brave' To 'Luca') | Movies Insider

[NotLeoGonzalez]

I really like how almost all of their obstacles and solutions were essentially: "We need to simulate X, but our X-simulating program isn't powerful enough... well, time to make a new one!"

[BasicallyImCrap]

pixar: faces a problem
also pixar: aight bois, hold tight, 3+ years is how long this is going to take

[kiwiabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvw]

They spend years animating even though they know dang well that the majority of viewers won't appreciate the animators. I feel like i should read credits now

[koni]

Every time when I watch this type of videos my respect for animators just 📈

[Whatareevenbirds]

People, before, would tell artists that they're useless in society, but they forget all the entertainment, inspiration and joy they bring us while growing up.

[patb.]

I actually got to meet one of the artist/programmers who worked on making those clouds on the good dinosaur.

I never saw someone so excited and gitty to talk about clouds in my whole life. I'll never forget his energy and hope one day I'll have the same passion and energy with whatever I do.

[nicoleonfeels]

One of the many reasons why I enjoy animated films over regular ones TBH.

[thathaloguy]

We should really appreciate the animators hard work

[ssspottyyy]

People really don’t understand just how hard animation is do they?

[omarispowell]

I feel like movies like Soul is really bringing attention to animators now and how truly astounding their work is with the incredible visuals they make. They’re finally getting some recognition for all the work they do with the help of videos like this, that bring their existence to light as well as their talent. I really hope that they get more credit for what they do and hope the small recognition they get will grow as animation gets better until they finally get the plaudits they deserve.

[Ehh]

I don't care if people don't like Good Dinosaur (though granted the story isn't good and that is valid), the effort they put into the animation and realism should be acknowledged as a work of art!

[jay-t]

Seem like Pixar/Disney invites a new 3D engine with every movie.

[louisej]

Boy, Pixar is just such a great studio

[CyberMesh]

The one thing that stood out to me about Luca's monster-transition animations is that they never show the tails appearing at the base- only as a side effect either off screen or obscured by other parts of the body or other people. Must be that they couldn't find a realistic way to show it.

And how about the *water*! The entire Portorosso Cup sequence is just amazing.

[ashwini_b_h]

Incredible tech innovations there! You people are beyond the word "genius". Kudos and heartfelt gratitude to the entire Pixar team for entertaining the audiences with such super high quality stuff.There is no better storylines produced than you guys do. Love you lots Pixar! Keep rocking!

[snowy]

It blows my mind that every time they encounter a problem they always tackle it and that it usually takes years to find a solution to also help others in the future

[maxleroux]

What I'd like to know is "how" Elastigirl can stretch her body to wild proportions. Seriously, how does her character rig work? 🤔

[sathri]

That's years of hard work and struggle for art and entertainment.. Those who studied animation appreciate even more.

[hopefox]

I've always wondered how the transformations in Luca were done. Now I know how Pixar did them. Great movie!

[danielleking]

And that's why every single Pixar movie is just fking AMAZING. The animation alone, and then the story, dialogue and scenes. Nothing tops Pixar. They have never had a bad movie. 👏👏👏