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Winter 2026

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40 KEYFRAME to be adjusted to render correctly in the ne igting conition. With so many different creatures with so many different surfaces, Presto was use in anoter areacros. It aoe multiple crowds artists to simultaneously work on the same shot, which Howard sai asnt ossie it teir reious system. is eseciay ee it te largest crowd scene, which contained , animas of arying saes, sies, an coors. If you ont atc te main characters at all and just watch the stuff that the crowds team is doing in the background, you're going to see little stories aying out tat are ust amaingy detailed and make the place feel ouate, says oar. Whether it was this meticulous approach to creating realistic crowds or the detailed methods for crafting Gary enaes scaes, eery seuence in Zootopia 2 showcases artistry unafraid to enture eyon te surface. 40 KEYFRAME Zootopia 2 contains multiple crowd scenes, and proprietary software was used so that even the smallest creatures in the farthest back areas were nearly as detailed as those in the foreground. F E AT U R E

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