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| - Waldo C. Graphic is a character from The Jim Henson Hour. He also appears in Muppet*Vision 3D. Waldo is performed by Steve Whitmire.
- Waldo C. Graphic, "the spirit of 3D", was the first digital Muppet, featured on The Jim Henson Hour. Waldo served as the the demographics expert for MuppeTelevision. As a computer graphic, Waldo was able to morph into any shape imaginable and had the playful nature of a clown. He also figured prominently in Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D, engaging with the Muppets and audience members and attempting to get out of the film.
- Waldo C. Graphic, "the spirit of 3D", is a computer graphic, as his name suggests, rather than a standard fleece-and-foam Muppet. As such, he's able to morph into any shape imaginable. He has the playful nature of a clown, yet with the intelligence of a computer. Waldo first appeared in 1989 on The Jim Henson Hour where he was the demographics expert for MuppeTelevision. His most prominent role was in the Disney theme park attraction Muppet*Vision 3D, engaging with and audience members, attempting to get out of the film, and even morphing into Mickey Mouse (voiced by Wayne Allwine).
- He is noted for being the first computer-generated Muppet and probably the first digital puppet created by any company. The character of Waldo is best described as a cross between a bug and a seal, with random elements of either thrown in. He flies and hovers in his scenes. His first name is a reference to a "Waldo"--a device used by puppeteers to remotely control a puppet. His middle initial likely stands for "Computer", as in "Waldo Computer Graphic".
- Waldo C. Graphic is a puppet character who appeared in the movie Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D and the television series The Him Henson Hour. He was performed by Steve Whitmire. He is noted for being the first computer-generated Muppet. This means the "C" for his middle name stands for "computer". The character of Waldo is a best described as a cross between a bug and a seal, with random elements of either thrown in. He flies and hovers in his scenes.
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| - Waldo C. Graphic is a character from The Jim Henson Hour. He also appears in Muppet*Vision 3D. Waldo is performed by Steve Whitmire.
- He is noted for being the first computer-generated Muppet and probably the first digital puppet created by any company. The character of Waldo is best described as a cross between a bug and a seal, with random elements of either thrown in. He flies and hovers in his scenes. His first name is a reference to a "Waldo"--a device used by puppeteers to remotely control a puppet. His middle initial likely stands for "Computer", as in "Waldo Computer Graphic". 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 synchronization 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. Since Waldo is a computer graphic, he has the ability to change his shape and form at will.
- Waldo C. Graphic, "the spirit of 3D", was the first digital Muppet, featured on The Jim Henson Hour. Waldo served as the the demographics expert for MuppeTelevision. As a computer graphic, Waldo was able to morph into any shape imaginable and had the playful nature of a clown. He also figured prominently in Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3D, engaging with the Muppets and audience members and attempting to get out of the film. Despite his CG nature, Waldo was controlled in real time by a puppeteer via a mitten-like motion-capture device called a Waldo (for which he was named). Jim Henson had begun experimenting with creating digital characters in the mid-1980s and Waldo's underlying technology grew out of experiments conducted to create a computer generated version of Kermit the Frog. Waldo's strength as a computer generated puppet was that he could be controlled by a single puppeteer (Steve Whitmire) in real-time in concert with conventional puppets. The computer image of Waldo was mixed with the video feed of the camera focused on physical puppets so that all of the puppeteers in a scene could perform together. Afterwards, in post production, PDI re-rendered Waldo in full resolution, adding a few dynamic elements on top of the performed motion. Waldo's design was led by Kirk Thatcher with input from a variety of other artists, including Timothy Young and animated by Pacific Data Images, now known as PDI/DreamWorks. Jim Henson performed Waldo in a special demonstration of how the character worked in the episode "Secrets of the Muppets."
- Waldo C. Graphic, "the spirit of 3D", is a computer graphic, as his name suggests, rather than a standard fleece-and-foam Muppet. As such, he's able to morph into any shape imaginable. He has the playful nature of a clown, yet with the intelligence of a computer. Waldo first appeared in 1989 on The Jim Henson Hour where he was the demographics expert for MuppeTelevision. His most prominent role was in the Disney theme park attraction Muppet*Vision 3D, engaging with and audience members, attempting to get out of the film, and even morphing into Mickey Mouse (voiced by Wayne Allwine). Despite his CG nature, Waldo was controlled in real time by a puppeteer, making use of a mitten-like motion-capture device called a waldo (which he was named after). Jim Henson had begun experimenting with creating digital characters in the mid-1980s and Waldo's underlying technology grew out of experiments conducted to create a computer generated version of Kermit the Frog. Waldo's strength as a computer generated puppet was that he could be controlled by a single puppeteer in real-time, in concert with conventional puppets. The computer image of Waldo was mixed with the video feed of the camera focused on physical puppets so that all of the puppeteers in a scene could perform together. Afterward, in post production, he would be re-rendered in full resolution, adding a few dynamic elements on top of the performed motion. Waldo's design was led by Kirk Thatcher with input from a variety of other artists, including Timothy Young (who provided concept sketches) and animated by Pacific Data Images, now known as PDI/DreamWorks. Thatcher was greatly influenced by Chris Wedge's 1987 CG Short, "Balloon Guy". Jim Henson performed Waldo in a special demonstration of how he worked in The Jim Henson Hour episode "Secrets of the Muppets." In 2011, a Waldo C. Graphic "chaser figure" was produced as part of series #2 of the Muppet Vinylmation figures. A second Waldo figure would be produced for the fifth wave of the Park Starz figure line in 2017.
- Waldo C. Graphic is a puppet character who appeared in the movie Jim Henson's MuppetVision 3D and the television series The Him Henson Hour. He was performed by Steve Whitmire. He is noted for being the first computer-generated Muppet. This means the "C" for his middle name stands for "computer". The character of Waldo is a best described as a cross between a bug and a seal, with random elements of either thrown in. He flies and hovers in his scenes. 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. Since Waldo is a computer graphic, he has the ability to change his shape and form at will.
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