<s>
Presto	B-Application
is	O
the	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
used	O
in-house	O
by	O
Pixar	O
Animation	O
Studios	O
in	O
the	O
animation	O
of	O
its	O
features	O
and	O
short	O
films	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presto	B-Application
is	O
not	O
available	O
for	O
sale	O
and	O
is	O
only	O
used	O
by	O
Pixar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixar	O
's	O
older	O
proprietary	B-Application
animation	O
software	O
menv	O
(	O
pronounced	O
as	O
"	O
men-vee	O
"	O
)	O
—	O
known	O
more	O
commonly	O
by	O
the	O
press	O
as	O
Marionette	B-Application
—	O
was	O
superseded	O
by	O
Presto	B-Application
at	O
some	O
point	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
2012	O
release	O
of	O
Brave	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
feature	O
film	O
animated	O
in	O
Presto	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixar	O
claims	O
that	O
Presto	B-Application
is	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
intuitive	O
and	O
familiar	O
to	O
animators	O
who	O
have	O
traditional	O
cel	O
animation	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
logo	O
for	O
Presto	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Parakeet	O
,	O
a	O
design	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Portland	O
,	O
Oregon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Presto	B-Application
was	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
2008	O
animated	O
short	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
itself	O
is	O
about	O
the	O
titular	O
magician	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pixar	O
chooses	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
system	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
products	O
available	O
and	O
used	O
by	O
other	O
companies	O
because	O
it	O
can	O
edit	O
the	O
software	O
code	O
to	O
meet	O
its	O
own	O
specific	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
editing	O
is	O
shown	O
in	O
extra	O
features	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Incredibles	I-Application
DVD	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
explained	O
that	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Marionette	B-Application
were	O
not	O
able	O
to	O
stretch	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
ways	O
needed	O
to	O
correctly	O
animate	O
Elastigirl	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
in-house	O
Marionette	B-Application
development	O
team	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
that	O
included	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
Patrick	O
Stewart	O
presented	O
Academy	O
Technical	O
Achievement	O
Awards	O
to	O
Rob	O
Jensen	O
for	O
the	O
foundational	O
design	O
and	O
continued	O
development	O
,	O
to	O
Thomas	O
Hahn	O
for	O
the	O
animation	O
toolset	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
George	O
ElKoura	O
,	O
Adam	O
Woodbury	O
and	O
Dirk	O
Van	O
Gelder	O
for	O
the	O
high-performance	O
execution	O
engine	O
of	O
the	O
Presto	B-Application
Animation	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Academy	O
of	O
Motion	O
Picture	O
Arts	O
and	O
Sciences	O
award	O
announcement	O
stated	O
"	O
Presto	B-Application
allows	O
artists	O
to	O
work	O
interactively	O
in	O
scene	O
context	O
with	O
full-resolution	O
geometric	O
models	O
and	O
sophisticated	O
rig	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
significantly	O
increased	O
the	O
productivity	O
of	O
character	O
animators	O
at	O
Pixar.	O
"	O
</s>
