Cambridge Animation Systems
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, Animation |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Fate | Acquired by Toon Boom Technologies |
| Headquarters | Cambridge , England, United Kingdom |
| Products | Animo, Animo Inkworks, Animo Sniffworks |
| Parent | Toon Boom Technologies (from 2009) |
Cambridge Animation Systems was a software firm located in Cambridge, England, specializing in the creation of the traditional animation program Animo. Established in 1990, the company released Animo in 1992 following its acquisition of Compose in Color, a product originally developed by Oliver Unter-ecker. Throughout the 2000s, Animo became an essential application within the UK animation sector, utilized by studios including King Rollo Films, Telemagination, and Cosgrove Hall Films. Additionally, it was adopted by prominent global studios such as Warner Bros. Feature Animation, DreamWorks, and Nelvana, with a user base exceeding 300 studios worldwide.
In 2000, CAS launched Animo Inkworks, a plug-in designed to allow users of Autodesk Maya and Autodesk 3ds Max to export three-dimensional data into Animo, facilitating its combination with 2D animation through the Scene III plug-in. The subsequent year saw the introduction of Animo Sniffworks, which enabled exporting Flash outputs directly to Maya.
The company was acquired by Toon Boom Technologies in 2009 and was subsequently merged into their organizational structure.
See also
- Toon Boom Technologies, company that acquired CAS and its Animo software
- Toonz, notable 2D animation software during the 1990s and 2000s
- USAnimation
- Computer Animation Production System (CAPS), Disney's animation tool from the 1990s until the mid-2000s
- Adobe Flash
- RETAS, extensively used within the anime production industry
- List of 2D animation software
External links
- Articles with short description
- 2D animation software
- Defunct companies of England
- Defunct software companies of the United Kingdom
- Software companies based in Cambridge
- Software companies established in 1990
- Software companies disestablished in 2009
- British companies established in 1990
- 1990 establishments in England
- 2009 disestablishments in England
- British companies disestablished in 2009