Fleischer Animation Studios

Max Fleischer was an early pioneer of animated cartoons. He invented and patented the rotoscope, a technique for creating realistic movement in animations by tracing over images of live film projected onto a frosted glass panel, frame by frame. This method is carried out by using computers nowadays, but the basic principle remains the same. Fleischer was also the first to synchronise sound with animation. Fleischer Studios (formally Out of the Inkwell Films), set up with his brother Dave Fleischer, produced many well known classics, such as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor, and the Superman cartoon series.