{"id":975,"date":"2011-09-03T10:26:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T10:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/archives\/975-the-first-3d-rendered-film-created-in-1972.html"},"modified":"2017-09-06T12:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:43:10","slug":"the-first-3d-rendered-film-created-in-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shapeways.com\/blog\/the-first-3d-rendered-film-created-in-1972","title":{"rendered":"The First 3D Rendered Film Created in 1972"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You think it is tricky to generate a complex 3D file now? Check out the first 3D rendered film created in 1972 by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Edwin_Catmull\">Ed Catmull<\/a> (the founder of Pixar) and Fred Parke. Get some back story <a href=\"http:\/\/nerdplusart.com\/first-3d-rendered-film-from-1972-and-my-visit-to-pixar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>. For deeper inspiration take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1059955\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Pixar Story<\/a> that even helps make Steve Jobs look a little more human and a little less tyrannical.. Thanks Bart..<\/p>\n<p class=\"video-responsive\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/16292363\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/16292363\">40 Year Old 3D Computer Graphics (Pixar, 1972)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/nerdplusart\">Robby Ingebretsen<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/16292363\">40 Year Old 3D Computer Graphics (Pixar, 1972)<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/nerdplusart\">Robby Ingebretsen<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You think it is tricky to generate a complex 3D file now? 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