Why are the effects and graphics in animations (Avengers, Matrix, Tangled etc) are expensive? Is it the software, effort, materials or talent fees of the graphic artists?
It's all of those things, and more. Professional rendering software is expensive, and they need licences for everyone working on the project. There will be a team of graphic artists working on it.
The Short Answer
It's all of those things, and more. Professional rendering software is expensive, and they need licences for everyone working on the project. There will be a team of graphic artists working on it. For the really exceptional places like Pixar and Disney, they are well ~~payed~~paid. It takes time to create, animate, render, and edit all of your footage, and make sure it fits with the voice acting, etc. And all the work needs to be done on really nice, expensive computers to run the graphics software. **Edit**: Speling airor
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It's all of those things, and more. Professional rendering software is expensive, and they need licences for everyone working on the project. There will be a team of graphic artists working on it. For the really exceptional places like Pixar and…
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