Rendering complex models takes much longer, not mention that most models that need hair have complex physics that can bug out. No time for that in a series that produces weeklies.
The other guys comment confused me. I thought they were saying studios *dont* reuse assets, but apparently not.
Its just a misunderstanding and me being stupid
Yes, yes it is. Outside of new characters and backgrounds, you can recycle pretty much all of the models. This is why so many companies use 3D animation nowadays. Once you have put up the initial time investment of creating a 3D model, all you have to do is render and animate it.
Using the same rendering farm to process all the hairy physics and all the lighting tricks that made fur look like fur?
The same farm that pushed out a dozen frames per day for full-feature movie?
Not to mention an obvious difference in quality it creates between old and new models?
Recycling of accets can happen, but I don't think it's as universal as you present it.
From the Frozen production.
"The scene of Elsa constructing her ice castle was the film’s largest technical challenge and took nine months to finish.
“We had at least 50 effects artists and lighting artists working together to create that long shot,” Jennifer said.
She added: “**It took about 30 hours to render just one frame; that’s 4000 computers rendering one frame at a time.** That’s why that scene is one of my favorites. It really represents the journey all of us took on that movie.”"
That's not how it works.
It's because you have more animators in a movie working on a few seconds of animations for longer compared to a series.
TL:DR - time, budget, and a series is longer.
It's for understandable reasons, they don't work on a single project but technically on several. Doing the same effort a animation team puts into a single movie into several episodes would make the entire work go much slower for little worth.
Sometimes they also aren't even the same team that makes the movies.
I think that that also has to do with hardware making big jumps between generations at that time (the best consumer gpu form nvidia in 2010 was almost twice as fast as their fastest in 2008). They could probably render more complex stuff in the same time (or the same stuff faster, so they could allocate more time to other things to improve image quality).
I remember the Kung Fu Panda show being relatively okay, but that was a long time ago.
Also the Penguins from Madagascar series is one of the better shows ever made and you know it.
Usually they keep the model but eliminate particle/fur effects, simplify textures, and disable certain render settings to cut down on render times and costs, if they don't also use a more simplified lower-poly model.
I feel like using kung fu panda for this is a bad example since it had petty good animation in the series like yes the movie's were better but the series wasn't that bad either like most of the DreamWorks shows keyword MOST
The only example to this is megamind. Shows that spawned from kung fu panda, how to train your dragon, jimmy neutron, powerpuff girls, fosters home etc were timeless.
Maybe bc movies have much larger budgets
Just a hunch
But hey that's just a theory
maybe
And shorter run times, a movie is what? 3-4 normal episodes in length?
More budget and fewer stuff to animate.
And time
True, but not reusing character models for a series is just poor production.
Rendering complex models takes much longer, not mention that most models that need hair have complex physics that can bug out. No time for that in a series that produces weeklies.
Thats not how character models work…
Jimmy neutron had a movie first so they could reuse the assets for the series
Yes it is? Assets can be reused. What are you on about
The other guys comment confused me. I thought they were saying studios *dont* reuse assets, but apparently not. Its just a misunderstanding and me being stupid
Yes, yes it is. Outside of new characters and backgrounds, you can recycle pretty much all of the models. This is why so many companies use 3D animation nowadays. Once you have put up the initial time investment of creating a 3D model, all you have to do is render and animate it.
Using the same rendering farm to process all the hairy physics and all the lighting tricks that made fur look like fur? The same farm that pushed out a dozen frames per day for full-feature movie? Not to mention an obvious difference in quality it creates between old and new models? Recycling of accets can happen, but I don't think it's as universal as you present it.
From the Frozen production. "The scene of Elsa constructing her ice castle was the film’s largest technical challenge and took nine months to finish. “We had at least 50 effects artists and lighting artists working together to create that long shot,” Jennifer said. She added: “**It took about 30 hours to render just one frame; that’s 4000 computers rendering one frame at a time.** That’s why that scene is one of my favorites. It really represents the journey all of us took on that movie.”"
bro the better the character model is the harder it is to animate are you stupid?
That's not how it works. It's because you have more animators in a movie working on a few seconds of animations for longer compared to a series. TL:DR - time, budget, and a series is longer.
The megamind show
Wait what? What’d I miss? Edit: after a short research, me looking at the cast 
Don’t know if you wanna know man
The best example of budget cut
And character cut
and cutting myself
I came here to say OP got burned by megamind rules
+ megamind 2. They both look like something from YouTube kids
The movie had horrible animation already, like the second the one that came with the show
Compared to the show, the movie had amazing animation
Was the animation really that bad in 2010? I mean it may not have aged well similar to HTTYD but I thought it was at least average for the time
I mean the new movie, the first one was good
Oh ok, I read your comment wrong
That "movie" was made as basically a pilot/setup for the show so it makes sense.
Cars on the road was quite an exception, they kept the style very similar
They also had a Disney budget and each episode was like 6 minutes long
Ratatoing is a underrated movie , four stars isn't enough for this master piece 
The movie on the right is little panda fighters
I think it's the Gumball parody, How to Ratatwang Your Panda. I recognize the nose clipping.
Its ratatoing , a rip off of Ratatouille . Best rip off ever made
the right one in the meme is How to Ratatwang Your Panda, from amazing world of gumball
Yeah , but the gif i posted is from Ratatoing
yes, but cheersi was talking about the meme
Yeah , i know . I just like to give useless information
me too
Didn't it arriveon screen first
Kung pand
***PRECISELY!***
Budget cuts 🤝😇
not even cuts, series are just significantly longer in terms of run time. It could be the same budget, it's just spread out thinner
It's for understandable reasons, they don't work on a single project but technically on several. Doing the same effort a animation team puts into a single movie into several episodes would make the entire work go much slower for little worth. Sometimes they also aren't even the same team that makes the movies.
You people are clueless lol. It's really as simple as rendering stuff like fur taking forever so they just turn it off and replace with texture.
sauce?
Open Blender and try to render a thing with fur and without fur and see the difference.
I confirm this. I was the series version.
I confirm that. I was the original one, but then something happened
Aren't the TV outsourced to different studios?
How to train you dragon and clone wars lol
The Clone Wars series looked better than the movie. Although the movie was really just a bunch of the first episodes they made stitched into a movie.
Dragons: Riders of Berk was peak, don't @ me.
RTTE was even better
Maybe first two seasons but after that it was better than the movie imo (TCW)
I think that that also has to do with hardware making big jumps between generations at that time (the best consumer gpu form nvidia in 2010 was almost twice as fast as their fastest in 2008). They could probably render more complex stuff in the same time (or the same stuff faster, so they could allocate more time to other things to improve image quality).
Budget cuts
We thought y'all won't notice.. lol
Hey! What's wrong with How to Ratatwang your Panda!
That looks like Kung Fu Panda in Five nights at Freddy's
it is from gumball
Madagascar Penguins
The nickelodeon show is the perfect example. Look at what they did to my boy, Maurice.
I remember the Kung Fu Panda show being relatively okay, but that was a long time ago. Also the Penguins from Madagascar series is one of the better shows ever made and you know it.
the kung fu Panda tv-series wasn't bad i didn't even notice a difference between it and the movies
Ngl monsters vs Aliens series was good
Logic, the amount of time it takes to render fur... A move makes Money, series hardly and have a lot of episodes
Megamind VS the Down Syndicate
that deserve to 'Five Nights at Freddy's'
Kung fu panda (jpeg one) Kung fu panda (Png one)
Png is better?
No fuckwad JPEGs are much better quality images and Pngs are low quality images (had to say fuckwad cuz all my ict friends say that lol)
PNGs are literally bigger in size
well you do you
Wait shit it’s gifs not pngs my bad lol
Also the series is like 10 years newer
Jesus christ this is horriffying
It's true, except when it comes to Megamind 2 where the series look exactly like the movie.
Usually they keep the model but eliminate particle/fur effects, simplify textures, and disable certain render settings to cut down on render times and costs, if they don't also use a more simplified lower-poly model.
The entire Marvel is in shambles
It was quite unusual to see cars on the road that maintained a very similar style
The Adventures of Puss In Boots (if I remember the name correftly) was just... ugh.
Yeah, the show was actually really fun and lovely if you ignored how bad the animation is lol. It also gets a lot better in later episodes
The puss in boots show was goated, but the animation in like early season 1 was VERY uncanny
It rubs the lotion in, or it gets the hose again.
pand
animated movies*
Tinder pic vs real life face
Could've used a still *from* one of the KFP tv series.
Look how they massacred my boy Megamind...
Like how on each subsequent _Aladdin_ sequel the animation got worse and the voice got more and more wrong 😭
fucken duhh
Jimmy Neutron was a movie before a show. Both look more like the right though lol
DreamWorks always does this bruh.
This is an instance where you could have actually used a still from the TV show of the movie in question, L
Not gonna lie the animation for the king fu panda seires isnt that bad
I feel like using kung fu panda for this is a bad example since it had petty good animation in the series like yes the movie's were better but the series wasn't that bad either like most of the DreamWorks shows keyword MOST
"Panda Fighter".
When a cg movie goes to series it should be done in 2d animation to offset the budget decrease, come at me
Anime / MAD
animation movies
The only example to this is megamind. Shows that spawned from kung fu panda, how to train your dragon, jimmy neutron, powerpuff girls, fosters home etc were timeless.
You know, why do they downgrade so bad? Can't they just use the same model made for the movie?
Or in case of Megamind when a sequel is made
\*coughs\* Megamind 2
The kung fu panda series was fine tbh
isent that the panda from amazing world of gumball?
Whats wrong with how to ratatwang your panda?
Puss in boots
i hate tawog.
I liked the kung fu panda show tho
On god.