2002 TV News Archives

Justice League

February 1, 2002: Bruce Timm Talks "Justice League" Color

Toon Zone recently caught up with Bruce Timm to discuss the big debate over the new use of digital coloring for the "Justice League" animated series. Digital coloring was used in a Batman-themed show even before Justice League, mostly in Batman Beyond. Below is what Bruce Timm had to say about the ups and downs of the new way to color an animated series:

"Digital coloring... hmmmm... well, I'm of two minds about it... when I go back and watch some of our older shows, I'm often struck by the richness of that old shot-on-film look. There's just something about it, it's hard to explain... yes, i do miss it... maybe someday, we'll have the technology to more accurately replicate it. In the meantime, there ARE advantages to digital ink-and-paint/compositing that offset the minuses: a MUCH broader range of fx, everything from self-color lines (the richard powers-esque invaders from "Secret Origins" would have been a wiggly/twitchy nightmare with the old trace-by-hand ink and paint system), to greater control over elaborate camera moves (bi-packs, multi-planes, etc), to completely digital fx programs for smoke, fire, water, force fields, texture-mapping, etc."

Visit the Toon Zone website to read the complete interview.



2002 Television News

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