PiP Animation Services Inc. is a full service 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...

 studio located in Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. Its current work includes the Teletoon series "Carl Squared

Carl Squared

Carl² is a Canadian animated series which explores what would happen if a teenager had a clone. The concept of the cartoon is a mixture of biological studies and normal teenage life....

", the CBC

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly known as CBC and officially as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian crown corporation that serves as the national public radio and television broadcaster...

 series "The Secret World of Og

The Secret World of Og

The Secret World of Og is a children's novel written by Pierre Berton and illustrated by his daughter Patsy. It was first published in 1961 by McClelland and Stewart.This Canadian classic has sold more than 200,000 copies in four editions....

" and the WNET

WNET

WNET, channel 13 is a non-commercial educational public television station licensed to Newark, New Jersey. With its signal covering the New York metropolitan area, WNET is a primary station of the Public Broadcasting Service and a primary provider of PBS programming...

 series "Cyberchase

Cyberchase

Cyberchase is an American educational television series for children age 6-12, that teaches children discrete mathematics. The show airs on Public Broadcasting Service and PBS Kids GO! in the United States. Seasons one through five were produced by Thirteen/WNET New York and Nelvana...

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Animation Accomplishments

In 2000, Pip did some work on the animated series Anne of Green Gables, in conjunction with Sullivan Entertainment's animation studio. Pip was specifically responsible for the digital backgrounds of certain episodes.

Pip did work on a couple of shows for the Amberwood Productions studio. The first was the "Katie and Orbie

Katie and Orbie

Katie and Orbie is an animated television series aimed at preschoolers, originally broadcast in Canada in 1994 by Family Channel and later aired in the United States on PBS from 1995–1997 and on Disney Channel from 1997–2000. In Canada, the series still airs on Family and Disney Junior...

" television program. They were responsible for the background colors and the unit background designs for the show. The studio also did work on their show "Hoze Houndz

Hoze Houndz

Hoze Houndz is a Canadian animated television program which originally aired on The Family Channel from 1999. It features six dalmatian dogs who work as firefighters in the fictional town of Bonehead Hollow.Each of the 78 half-hour episodes produced consisted of two 11 minute stories with...

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For Nelvana studios, Pip did work on the television series "Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast

Maggie and the Ferocious Beast is an animated TV series based on the books by Michael Paraskevas and his mother Betty. It currently airs on the American Channel Nick Jr.....

", which was broadcast on Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (TV channel)

Nickelodeon, often simply called Nick and originally named Pinwheel, is an American children's channel owned by MTV Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom International. The channel is primarily aimed at children ages 7–17, with the exception of their weekday morning program block aimed at preschoolers...

 and Teletoon

Télétoon (Canadian TV channel)

Télétoon is a Canadian French language Category A specialty channel that specializes in animation programming. Télétoon is owned by Teletoon Canada Inc; a 50/50 partnership between Astral Media and Corus Entertainment...

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It also contributed to the series The Ripping Friends

The Ripping Friends

The Ripping Friends was an American/Canadian animated television series, created by John Kricfalusi. The show premiered September 22, 2001 on Fox Kids, but was cancelled in September 2002. Adult Swim later picked up the show. The series occasionally airs in Canada on Teletoon...

, which was a series from animator John Kricfalusi of Ren & Stimpy fame.

In 2004, the company performed digital editing for a three commercial spot marketing campaign for the popular job-searching site, Monster.com.

In 2006, a series that Pip had contributed to, Caillou, won an award for Best Animated Production in a TV Series, from the Canadian Awards for the Electronic and Animated Arts (CAEAA).

Animation Techniques

Pip uses Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing program developed and published by Adobe Systems Incorporated.Adobe's 2003 "Creative Suite" rebranding led to Adobe Photoshop 8's renaming to Adobe Photoshop CS. Thus, Adobe Photoshop CS5 is the 12th major release of Adobe Photoshop...

, Painter and Illustrator for background work, but overall it uses the program Softimage Toonz for its 2D animation.

Contributions to the Animation/Film Industry

In 1999, Pip partnered with imX communications Inc., and Funbag Animation Studios

Funbag Animation Studios

Funbag Animation Studios is a Canadian animation studio located in Ottawa, Ontario. It is known for Toad Patrol, Watership Down and King....

 Inc. to announce two new animation production companies: Helix Animation Inc. in Halifax, Nova Scotia and Helix Digital Inc. in Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Sydney is a Canadian urban community in the province of Nova Scotia. It is situated on the east coast of Cape Breton Island and is administratively part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality....

. Helix Animation began working in July 1999, and Helix Digital officially opened its doors for business in June 2000.

In 2008, Pip hosted a party at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.