Twixt was a 3D computer animation system originally created in 1984 by Julian Gomez at
Sun Microsystems
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.
It featured
keyframes
In animation and filmmaking, a key frame (or keyframe) is a drawing or shot that defines the starting and ending points of a smooth transition. These are called ''frames'' because their position in time is measured in frames on a strip of fil ...
and
tweening in a track-based
graphical interface, and was capable of
real-time wireframe playback.
An
Apple Macintosh port, called MacTwixt, was the first known 3D animation software to be released for the Macintosh. It was used by Apple's
Advanced Technology Group (including future
Pixar principals
John Lasseter,
Andrew Stanton, and
Galyn Susman
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) to create the 1988 short film
''Pencil Test''.
Twixt was maintained until 1987 by
Cranston/Csuri Productions, and used in their animated television and advertising projects.
References
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3D animation software
1984 software