Cool Beans Productions
Encyclopedia
Cool Beans Productions is a defunct multimedia
company that was based in Sheffield. They were known for their web comic design, web publishing and digital animation
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company Polylang. Cool Beans Productions went into administrative receivership in May 2002.
During the late 1990s the company operated as a work for hire
digital animation studio. Cool Beans produced publicity art, box art and computer graphics
for movies.
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
company that was based in Sheffield. They were known for their web comic design, web publishing and digital animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
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History
The company was founded in 1996 as an offshoot to the localisationInternationalization and localization
In computing, internationalization and localization are means of adapting computer software to different languages, regional differences and technical requirements of a target market...
company Polylang. Cool Beans Productions went into administrative receivership in May 2002.
During the late 1990s the company operated as a work for hire
Work for hire
A work made for hire is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally recognized author of that work...
digital animation studio. Cool Beans produced publicity art, box art and computer graphics
Computer graphics
Computer graphics are graphics created using computers and, more generally, the representation and manipulation of image data by a computer with help from specialized software and hardware....
for movies.
Major works
- Cool Beans WorldCool Beans WorldCool Beans World is a, now-defunct, subscription website which published animated or partially animated web comics. It was conceived by Cool Beans Productions, a design, animation and production company based in Sheffield, England. Contributors included, amongst others, UK-based comic book creators...
including the animated movies Saintly and Marshall Law - cutsceneCutsceneA cutscene is a sequence in a video game over which the player has no or only limited control, breaking up the gameplay and used to advance the plot, strengthen the main character's development, introduces enemy characters, and provide background information, atmosphere, dialogue, and clues...
s for Z: Steel SoldiersZ: Steel SoldiersZ: Steel Soldiers is a real-time strategy game released by the Bitmap Brothers on 15 June, 2001 for the Windows platform. It is the sequel of their earlier game Z, and follows the same futuristic military science fiction storyline and battlefield gameplay...