著名动画工作室Tippett Studios于8月28日关闭，创始人Phil Tippett随之退休1。为了防止工作室数十年积累的艺术资料流入私人收藏而永久失传，一位自称"TippettFan"的匿名人士在拍卖会上以未披露价格购得包含90张关键光盘的文件夹，并将其数字化内容上传至互联网档案库1。这位捐赠者表示："我很快意识到其中一些信息在网上不可用，将来也可能无法以如此高分辨率获得"1。
Phil Tippett是《星球大战》《机器战警》《星舰特警队》等经典电影的动画师1。该数字档案现已在互联网档案库公开供公众免费浏览和下载，包含CGI生物测试片段、2008年Phil Tippett采访、《机器战警》幕后照片、《星舰特警队》幻灯片等内容1。
Tippett Studios, the renowned animation house, shut down on August 28th, marking the end of an era in visual effects history 1. With the studio's closure came the retirement of its founder Phil Tippett, an animator credited on classic films including Star Wars, RoboCop, and Starship Troopers 1.
Concerned that decades of accumulated artistic materials from the studio could be lost to private collectors, an anonymous individual—identifying themselves as "TippettFan"—acquired a folder containing 90 non-duplicate keyframe discs at auction and undertook the task of digitizing its contents 1. The donor explained the urgency of the effort, stating: "I quickly realized that some of this information was not available online, and it might not be possible to obtain it in such high resolution in the future" 1. The digitized archive, consisting of ISO mirror image files from the optical discs, has been uploaded to the Internet Archive, where it is now freely accessible to the public for browsing and download 1.
The preserved collection includes CGI creature test footage, a 2008 interview with Phil Tippett, behind-the-scenes photographs from RoboCop, and presentation slides from Starship Troopers 1. This digitization effort ensures that a significant portion of the studio's technical and creative legacy remains available for researchers, filmmakers, and animation enthusiasts worldwide.
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