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With the rapid change in many industries, Open Source Software has become a common foundation for many technologies. Open Source has proved to be the best alternative for the beginners as well as developers.Reviewing the facthas launched an open technology site ) where users will, for the first time, be able to access innovative technologies developed in house. The available softwares are WDAS's texture mapping system, Ptex, which was made available on January 15, 2010 at http://ptex.us/ and a test generator program, Pythoscope . WDAS has also compiled a set of papers available on the site for sharing additional technical innovations that will benefit the industry.The WDAS technology team has contributed to such software in many ways within both the studio and the industry and now aims to contribute back to the community by establishing this platform.With the increase in render complexity requirements in animated film, the WDAS team found that standard texture-mapping methods being utilized had become inefficient and complicated for artists to use. In an effort to increase the efficiency and quality of texture mapping on complex and intricate geometry, the Ptex developer, Burley, spent a year developing the Ptex software. The Ptex system has already been licensed to multiple vendors and studios. It is now being utilized on all current and future projects at WDAS.“Today, technology is fundamental to the creation, distribution and consumption of entertainment; therefore, being a premiere entertainment brand means creating premiere technology.”“Ptex from Disney Animation is one of those premiere technologies that can only reach its full potential by releasing it as open source,” Hendrickson continues. “It is a revolutionary idea, and though some would characterize it as a Disney competitive advantage, it has more value to the corporation as an industry standard in solving the time-consuming computer graphics problem of assigning textures to geometry. Setting a new standard is best accomplished by giving technology away for free.” - CTO Andy Hendrickson.Ptex introduces a new texture mapping method that has extraordinary benefits for film production. It eliminates the need for tedious and labor-intensive UV assignment by applying a separate texture to each face of a subdivision or polygon mesh. The Ptex file format can efficiently store hundreds of thousands of texture images in a single file, resulting in a significant reduction in server load. The Ptex API, which WDAS is releasing as open source, provides cached file I/O and high quality filtering - everything that is required to easily add Ptex support to a production-quality renderer or texture authoring application. Walt Disney Animation Studios brings imagination to life through traditional and computer animated films. WDAS is filled with diverse talent from all around the globe whose passion is to create beautiful and timeless films through the art of storytelling, the magic of animation and the science of cutting-edge technology.With the open source touch, lets hope to get a better experience of animated movies with higher qualities at an affordable price.