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I've flagged this article as a stub, due to there being very little to no hard data on what the process of Scanimation actually is, how it looks, or what analog technology is used. I was trying to find an incomplete market, couldn't find one, so feel free to modify it if you can find one. - MSTCrow 00:18, 13 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Replaced with more appropriate boilerplate text. - MSTCrow 04:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This page is linked to by the more general video synthesis page. I have inserted a return link near the beginning of this article. Perhaps someone with more technical knowledge can improve the content of these pages together. (I'm not an expert on this but I don't think real-time computer graphics is a good point of reference for this article, on even more general video synthesis article.) Theoh (talk) 22:03, 27 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I noticed some recent commercials for the Honda Odyssey minivan are using the song "We Want the Funk" while showing the animation in a Scanimate-esque style. Include? WAVY 10 14:24, 10 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There are some references in the article of questionable accuracy. I've removed the most egregious of them - The Jackson 5 "Blame It on the Boogie" music video was almost certainly not done on a Scanimate - it couldn't do motion trails from video, since Scanimate had no memory! Most likely, one of the first Quantel devices was used. I'd recommend removing "Let's Groove" as well, but there are many effects in there, so who knows, maybe Scanimate got used at some point, though it's unlikely. Tom S. (talk) 04:54, 23 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Let's Groove" is Scanimate. "Blame It on the Boogie" used the Scanimate colorizer and (you are correct) the Quantel DFS 3000 for motion trails. ^[1][2] Kittyinthetree (talk) 14:51, 30 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This is a tantalising article on a now vintage video animation system which I discovered in researching the British artist Michael Nicholson (still working on a WP bio). What would make the article much more effective and informative would be to include some video, or stills, please! Jamesmcardle^(talk) 08:24, 30 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]

• Article with photos, including of Harrison in ANIMAC suit, also available at Internet Archive
• Much detail including "we called our machine “'The Bone Generator'”
• Computer Image Corporation & tech information
• Block diagram & photos
• CalTech Ph.D. dissertation abstract

Cross-posted at Talk:Lee Harrison III. Larry Koenigsberg (talk) 01:29, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The animation in this video has that unique Scanimate flow but I'd appreciate if someone who's more knowledgeable on either the making of that music video or on Scanimate's uses in USA pop culture could confirm or deny my belief Kajagoogoo2112 (talk) 13:17, 7 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]