tradigital

(truh.DIJ.uh.tul)

adj.

Relating to art, especially animation, that combines both traditional and computer-based techniques.

Example Citation:

Katzenberg believes that Disney would approve of the changes in the way cartoons are made today. He has coined a term for the blending of computer animation with classical cell animation techniques — "tradigital." And he says that the style, which burst on the scene with such films as Toy Story, Antz, Shrek and Ice Age, is here to stay.

— Roger Moore, "The 'Spirit' of Jeffrey Katzenberg," The Orlando Sentinel, May 24, 2002

Earliest Citation:

For this year's poster advertising "The Nutcracker," Canfield turned to some of the newest technology and tapped some of the city's newest artists. . . . Canfield approached the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where instructor Judith Moncrieff both invented and is now teaching a new digital medium called "Tradigital." The school held a competition between Moncrieff's students, who used the medium to electronically combine everything from photographs of costumes to stills from videotapes of performing dancers.

— Randy Gragg, "Art students get a crack at 'Nutcracker'," Portland Oregonian, October 25, 1995

Notes:

Like the art forms it describes, today's term is a blend of traditional and digital. Note, however, that it wasn't coined by Jeffrey Katzenberg as the example citation claims. More likely, the inventor was artist and teacher Judith Moncrieff.

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Categories:

Computers (General)

Art and Design

Film