The primary goal of any artistic tool is to allow an artist to express their intent as quickly and easily as possible– unencumbered by complexity of interface. In the case of drawing, it’s difficult to improve upon pencil and paper. To be compelling, Meander has to empower artists in ways not possible without a computer while not compromising the ease-of-use of paper.
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Once we could ensure that the drawing quality was as good or better than all other drawing tools, we could then focus on adding the new abilities that the geometric information would allow. For example, Meander has inbetweening capabilities– given similar drawings on different frames, the system can interpolate the strokes and draw them as if the artist had drawn them. While the system cannot make artistic choices, it can however assist the artist in doing arduous tasks such as inbetweening subtle movements that require great precision.
The term ‘meander’ is one which refers to a winding curve or bend in a river. Meanders are typical landforms at the middle and lower courses of a river. Meander gradients are usually more gentle and they experience lateral (sideways) erosions which widen the channel of the river at the middle and lower courses of a river.
Taking this concept a step further– on Paperman, the stroke geometry could be “attached” to an underlying 3D animated character. Given 3D animation and strokes drawn on top, those strokes are then “carried” along with the 3D animation but always drawn as two-dimensional strokes. This allowed us to create the effect of an animated painting on Paperman– with all the benefits of CG animation (smoothness, depth, stability) and combine it with the benefits of hand-drawn animation (emotional cues from lines, every frame drawn to camera). This technique was also used in the short-film Feast.
- Meander, extreme U-bend in the course of a stream, usually occurring in a series. Meanders, named from the Menderes (historically known as the Maeander) River in Turkey, are most often formed in alluvial materials (stream-deposited sediments) and thus freely adjust their shapes and shift downstream.
- This video or animation explains the process of formation of meanders. Geophysical pheonomenon is a part of Mains paper 1 syllabus. You do not have to be a g.
1TURNif a river, stream, road etc meanders, it has a lot of bends rather than going in a straight linemeander along/across/down etcThe river meandered gently along the valley floor.Meander Synonym
2[always + adverb/preposition]WALK to walk somewhere in a slowrelaxed way rather than take the most direct way possiblemeander along/through etcCows still meander through these villages.Meander Antonym
3 (also meander on)TALK TO somebody if a conversation or piece of writing meanders on, it is too long and has no purpose or structureMeander Crossword Clue
Meander Crossword Clue
—meanderings noun [plural]his aimless meanderings through Europe —meander noun [countable]