Talk:Gertie the Dinosaur

message: "Gertie" is credited as the first ever film cartoon. Trekphiler 21:06, 8 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That is widely believed but untrue. McCay had made several cartoons before this one, including one starring the characters from Little Nemo in Slumberland.Uucp 18:48, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

text: That may be good to add to the article if it is not already. ++Lar: t/c 17:09, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Minor note to be aware of: The Gertie animation is now in the public domain, but the associated original musical score is not. The composer lead a surprisingly long life. 77.96.228.232 (talk) 22:08, 13 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: cartoons that were or were not first

message: I have read (but do not recall where) that Winsor McKay's son met Walt Disney several years after his father died. The son was awed to meet Walt. However, Walt told him that "everything I have done I owe to your father". And this is one of the reasons that Gertie is in the Disney Hollywood Studios in Florida.
Also, I have seen some original Gertie drawing in the (now closed) Museum of Animation Art in Washington, DC.
Cheshire Figment (talk) 02:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Walt Disney

message: Hi Curly, you may be interested in the following PD works:
*Gertie on Tour (excerpts) (download link)
*Gertie the dinosaur standing on a cliff edge looking at a mastodon (your best chance at a featured pic)
:Hope this helps! — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:19, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, that's an awesome pic! I'm sitting here staring at the linework—which doesn't come out well at all in any of the other pics I've found on the Net. It's too bad the registration marks don't really show up. I'll figure out a good place to put this in the article. Curly Turkey (gobble) 05:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *The LOC has some fairly good pictures, although I'm not sure how much of it is related to animation. Many of the PD ones are available in high resolution. You might find other interesting things if you were to search the site. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 06:11, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *Yeah, I've found a few images there before. It's been hit-or-miss (mostly miss) for the articles I tend to work on, but when I found something it's always really high quality. Curly Turkey (gobble) 09:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

text: Isn't that video already in the article? It could be nice to have the original Gertie film in higher res, knowing it is PD, instead of the tiny video we have now... FunkMonk (talk) 23:34, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

text: *Good catch. The original Gertie film is at Archive.org. They have a fairly high resolution. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:37, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that's the source of our versions actually... The borders were removed a while back on my request. There must be better ones, is there some kind of DVD collection of old animated films? FunkMonk (talk) 23:44, 2 May 2013 (UTC)

text: *Likely, but I don't have any. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:02, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: *There is a DVD, called Winsor McCay—The Master Edition, a supposedly complete collection of his animation. I don't have it myself. Given thay it's all Public Domain material, I'm surprised it's not all over the internet. (Well, not all PD. It's supposed to have Canemaker's McCay documentary from the 1970s on it, too). Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:25, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

text: *I won't be buying the DVD myself. It appears they've made it Region 1 only, and I live in Japan. I'll never understand why companies do that. I could easily bypass the region coding, but out of principal I can't bring myself to give these companies my money when they do that to their customers. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:40, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Hmm, since it is PD material, downloading that collection wouldn't be illegal, hmmm? FunkMonk (talk) 11:40, 3 May 2013 (UTC)

text: *If it has the documentary on it, downloading the DVD would still be illegal. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 20:23, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: These days, specific parts of a DVD can be downloaded, but in any case, haven't found anything proper so far... FunkMonk (talk) 05:42, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Live close to a good library? Might be worth checking out. Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

text: Oh, yeah, the same uploader appears to have uploaded higher-quality versions of (all of?) McCay's other films as well.  It would be nice to get those, too. Curly Turkey (gobble) 04:03, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: The file should not grow that much if it was 91 mb initially. I'll give it a shot. FunkMonk (talk) 04:09, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: 140 mb with this tool, but still too much... FunkMonk (talk) 16:44, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

text: *FunkMonk, 140mb is fine. Use Chunked uploads on Commons. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:04, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: You'll need to turn it on at Preferences --> Upload Wizard, on Commons. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 17:10, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I used the tool FunkMonk linked to above and uploaded the file myself.  Much, much higher quality, though I imagine a DVD rip would be better if someone could get their hands on a copy. Curly Turkey (gobble) 03:12, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

text: *That's beautiful. A DVD rip could be bigger, but it might push 500 mbs. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:17, 13 July 2013 (UTC)

text: I got my hands on the Master Collection DVD.  I've ripped and converted all the videos, and have been uploading them to Commons.  The two on this page are done, and I've switched up the files. Curly Turkey (gobble) 06:08, 31 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images