Secret Serpent - Apple QuickTime Version 1.0 Demo

This is from the Quicktime 1 (yes, ONE) CD from 1989. It showed how QuickTime could digitize animations. The animation was rendered, I believe, on Apple's CRAY Supercomputer, done by their ATG (Advanced Technology Group) Media Technology Group.

Yes, back in the day, we would digitize movies at resolutions of 145 x 112 in thousands of colors. You think we could go 'full screen' back in 1989? Nope. LOL!

Enjoy the time trip. This is, without doubt, one of my absolute favorite 'early era' QuickTime clips.

Alfred

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[dtownley1]

wow, that was just amazing. Considering the date it was shown, the animation, physics and so on were really impressive. Texturing has come a fair way, but the quality of the animation is way up there. It was a little slow, but I really enjoyed it. Thanks for another little gem!

[adiblasi]

Hey DT - I have a few more coming from the archives. And I really loved the audio track on this -- I think it was a Korg M-1 synthesizer, as my ears are telling me. Good that Apple was using that purple Cray Supercomputer for something cool! - Alfred

[cassettiespagetie]

I just love this video for some reason .... I hav favorited it :D

[adiblasi]

I feel the same way - something about that audio track - it sounds like a Korg M-1 synthesizer -- I've watched this so many time. I just love the way it flows. Thanks for watching! Alfred

[tkwtube01]

You'd be surprised what people accomplished before 1989 using CGI!

[2672643]

Frank?! not 007!?

[SamuraiClinton]

I woulda expected the video to look cruder than that for 1989 standards!

[SamuraiClinton]

This shit if epic!!!

If only somebody could make a YouTube Poop to parody this with, it would get lotsa hits!

[cassettiespagetie]

Wow, This was posted a year ago ! Jesus time flys ! I also just notised my comment from a year agop, I had just got a mac then : )

The music sill sounds as good as when you first posted it. Also you might be interested to know that my school has one of the synthesizers used on blue monday!

[StreetyKing]

The music is awesome! haha classic :)

[BugMeNicht]

Great vid.  Miss the golden times.

[GranitW]

That's slightly true. Most highend graphical systems like Maya are GUI based, but can run through the Command line. Also people use Maya's developer kit to create their own Maya Based software. One example is Final Fantasy Advent Children. Maya mainly runs on it's own scripting language called Mel. Mel is used for everything in Maya.