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Disney Digital 3-D is a brand used by the The Walt Disney Company to describe three-dimensional films made by Disney and shown exclusively using digital projection.

Disney Digital 3-D is not a presentation nor a production format or technology. Films advertised as Disney Digital 3-D come from a number of sources, film, digital camera as well as animation software, and can be presented using any digital 3D technology, including RealD, Dolby 3D, XpanD and Master Image. There is no specific handling involved. Despite this, Disney always advertises Disney Digital 3-D films as if it would be a format of Digital 3D, leading to some confusion among the audience^{[citation needed]}.

Contents 1 Title history 1.1 Titles 1.1.1 References 2 See also 3 External links

[edit] Title history

The first movie using this brand for advertising was Chicken Little, released in North America on November 4, 2005. For the release, Disney collaborated with Dolby Laboratories to install Dolby's digital cinema systems in approximatly 100 US theatres.^[1]

The computer-animated Chicken Little was followed by a re-release of The Nightmare Before Christmas on October 20, 2006. Nightmare, a 1993 stop motion movie, was originally shot in 2D on 35-mm-film, the 3D version was generated by Industrial Light and Magic from this source using computer technology.

In 2007, Disney re-released Working for Peanuts, a 1953 animated film shot in 3D. It preceded the theatrical release of the 3D version of Meet the Robinsons.

The first live-action material recorded in digital 3D by Disney was Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, released in 2008. In 2009, G-Force followed, marking the first scripted live-action 3D movie under the Disney Digital 3-D brand.

In the following years, the release numbers increased.

[edit] Titles

Title	Original release	3-D release	Notes
Chicken Little	2005	2005	Digitally animated film rerendered for 3-D
The Nightmare Before Christmas	1993 (Touchstone)	Yearly since 2006	Stop-motion film remastered for 3-D, yearly Halloween releases
Working for Peanuts	1953	2007	Cartoon short originally presented in anaglyphic 3-D, remastered in Disney Digital 3-D. Preceded Meet the Robinsons in theatrical release.
Meet the Robinsons	2007	2007	Digitally animated film rerendered for 3-D
Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	2008	2008	Concert tour directly recorded in 3-D. First Disney Digital 3-D release to see a 3-D home video release. Also only Disney Digital 3-D release to see a 3-D DVD release.
Bolt	2008	2008	Digitally animated film rerendered for 3-D
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience	2009	2009	Concert tour directly recorded in 3-D. First Disney Digital 3-D release to see an IMAX 3-D release. Available on home video in 3-D exclusively on Blu-ray.
Up	2009	2009	Pixar's first 3-D feature film.
G-Force	2009	2009	Disney's first live-action 3-D film.
X-Games 3D: The Movie	2009	2009	Sports documentary directly recorded in 3-D.
Toy Story and Toy Story 2	1995/1999	2009	Remastered and released together in 3D.
A Christmas Carol	2009	2009	Also presented in IMAX 3-D.
Alice in Wonderland	2010	2010	Also to be presented in IMAX 3-D.
Toy Story 3	2010	2010
Step Up 3-D	2010	2010
Rapunzel	2010	2010
Tron Legacy	2010	2010	Also to be presented in IMAX 3-D.
Cars 2	2011	2011
The Bear and the Bow	2011	2011
Beauty and the Beast	1991	2011	Remastered in Disney Digital 3-D.
Newt	2012	2012
King of the Elves	2012	2012

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[edit] See also

• 3-D film
• Digital cinema
• RealD, Dolby 3D and XpanD (presentation technologies)

[edit] External links

• Disney's Digital Cinema Portal
• "Disney Hatches Chicken Little in Digital 3D" (AWN, October 31, 2005