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N otationsAdvances in Research: Investigating Causes, Discovering CuresNotations is a quarterly newsletter withinformation on research, staff activities,grants, and other pursuits that highlight theInstitute’s continued excellence in investigatingcauses and discovering cures.Keith Jameson, Editorjamesok@ccf.orgis Published byThe Lerner Research InstituteJim Lang, PhotographerChristine Kassuba, Editorial AssistantDavid Schumick, DesignerThe Lerner Research Institute9500 Euclid Avenue / ND 40Cleveland, OH 44195216 • 444 • 1798Forgive Antonie (Ton) van den Bogert, Ph.D., BiomedicalEngineering, if he has a bit of a Southern California attitude workingfor him. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is honoring himwith an Academy Award® for his work with motion capture software.Specifically, it's a Technical Achievement Award for accomplishmentsthat contribute to the progress of the industry. He will receive a certificatedescribing the achievement and listing the names of all of the individuals whocontributed to its development at a gala black tie dinner on February 12 at theRitz-Carlton Huntington Hotel in Pasadena. He shares the award with threeother people.Motion capture is the creation of a 3D representation of a live performance.This is in contrast to animation which is created "by hand" through aprocess known as keyframing. Motion capture used to be considered a fairlycontroversial tool for creating animation. In the early days, the effort requiredto 'clean up' motion capture data often took as long as if the animation wascreated by an animator, from scratch. Thanks to hard work by the manufacturersof motion capture systems as well as numerous software developers,motion capture has become a feasible tool for the generation of animation.Software tools for working with motion-captured data have evolved tothe point where animators now have the means to edit and blend takes frommultiple capture sessions and mix and match them with keyframed animationtechniques, allowing great control of style and quality of final output for anythingranging from realistic to 'cartoony' motion.Dr. van den Bogert's software has been used in many products, such as thegames by Acclaim Entertainment and Electronic Arts, and various movies.THE CLEVELAND CLINICFOUNDATIONLERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE9500 Euclid AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44195Non-ProfitOrganizationUS Postage PaidBerea, OhioPermit #296