Kinemation was one of the first

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, created for

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' package

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(TAV). In 1995,

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described Kinemation as "a huge breakthrough in motion animation". It was used in the mid-1990s by companies such as Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company (

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). Portions of Kinemation were disassembled and re-assembled into Alias-Wavefront's flagship product

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References

External links

An Animation That Was made in 1995 with Kinemation, pre-Maya (mirror, original site unavailable)

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