Waldo C. Graphic is a puppet character who appeared in the movie Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D and the television series The Jim Henson Hour. He was performed by Steve Whitmire. He is noted for being the first computer-generatedMuppet. Jim Hensons MuppetVision 3D is an attraction found at Disney-MGM Studios, part of Walt Disney World located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida and at Disneys California Adventure park in Anaheim, California. ... The Jim Henson Hour was a television show that aired on NBC in 1989. ... Steve Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is a puppeteer. ... The seawater creature in The Abyss marked CGIs acceptance in the visual effects industry. ... The Muppet Movie, opening scene. ...
Although he appeared as a computer-generated image, Waldo was not "animated" in the usual sense, but performed live; his image was generated in real time in synchrony with a physical Waldo-puppet connected to the computer and controlled by a puppeteer, with the image then being composited using bluescreen technology onto the scene Waldo was part of. Since the Muppets began on television, it has always been a standard technique for Muppeteers to perform by watching the characters on a monitor screen rather than by watching the puppet itself, so this arrangement required little adjustment either for the puppeteer performing Waldo or for the puppeteers performing the characters he interacted with. Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The bluescreen setup The final image Bluescreen is the film technique of shooting foreground action against an even-lighted blue background, which is then replaced by a separately shot background plate scene by optical composition. ...
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