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Computer Animation Production System
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<p>The Computer Animation Production System (CAPS) was a proprietary collection of <a href="/facts/Software/RP79lVSW">software</a>, scanning camera systems, servers, networked computer workstations, and custom desks developed by <a href="/facts/The_Walt_Disney_Company/R8kCbAVc">Disney</a> and <a href="/facts/Pixar/McUyzor2">Pixar</a> in the late 1980s. Although outmoded by the mid-2000s, it succeeded in reducing labor costs for <a href="/facts/Traditional_animation/CqPeCPBY">ink-and-paint</a> and <a href="/facts/Post-production/RpqM8yLl">post-production</a> processes of <a href="/facts/Traditional_animation/CqPeCPBY">traditionally animated</a> feature <a href="/facts/Film/wM3b9Kk3">films</a> produced by <a href="/facts/Walt_Disney_Animation_Studios/TwNCw6nf">Walt Disney Animation Studios</a> (known as Walt Disney Feature Animation until 2007). It also provided an entirely new palette of digital tools to the animation filmmakers. </p>