Interactive Documentation Collaboration System

Walt Disney Animation Studios Computer Science, 2012-13

Liaison(s): Dan Candela, Chuck Tappan, Lawrence Chai ’88/89
Advisor(s): Robert Keller
Students(s): Beryl Egerter, Julius Elinson (PM), Jessica Hester, August Toman-Yih

Artists and developers at Walt Disney Animation Studios work with rapidly evolving internal software and complex commercial packages. Staying current with new features, best practices, and studio-specific workflows can be challenging. Users frequently have questions about software capabilities or discover aspects that would be useful to their colleagues. However, there formerly was no effective means of making inquiries or sharing such information. We have developed CPlane, a program that will enable users to create and share this documentation easily.