Pacific Data Images

Background: Founded in 1980 by Carl Rosendahl, his partners Richard Chuang and Glenn Entis wrote the company's computer software, which was to be a part of the studio's goal to incorporate computer graphics into the entertainment field. Some of its early projects included the TV special The Last Halloween and the "Homer3" segment from The Simpsons S7 episode "Treehouse of Horror VI". In 1998, PDI collaborated with the feature animation division of DreamWorks SKG to produce the feature film Antz. The studio was purchased by DreamWorks in 2000 and was renamed PDI/DreamWorks, in which the two companies worked within a single entity, comprised of the original PDI studio in Redwood City and the DreamWorks campus in Glendale, which became "DreamWorks Animation". On January 22, 2015, PDI/DreamWorks closed its doors as part of a restructuring of DreamWorks Animation. The studio's biggest hit was the 2004 film Shrek 2.

==1st Logo (October 2, 1998)==



Nicknames: "The Cameraman", "Man with Camera", "Man Holding a Camera", "PDI Cameraman"

Logo: We see a stickman jumping in and doing a few flips. He lands on on a floor with white dots and causes the wooden letters "PDI" to shake. A film camera drops, making him kneel, and the floor fades out.

FX/SFX: Simple animation not by PDI, but by DreamWorks.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. This only appeared at the end of Antz.

Scare Factor: None.

==2nd Logo (May 18, 2001-2004)==

Logo: An in-credit logo. The words "PDI" and "DreamWorks" appear next to each other in the DreamWorks font. The words are separated by DW's "Moon Boy" symbol.

FX/SFX: The text scrolling up in the credits.

Music/Sounds: Whatever music is playing over the credits.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen on films like Shrek and Shrek 2.

Scare Factor: None.

==3rd Logo (May 27, 2005-November 26, 2014)==



Logo: On a black background we see the white letters: PDI in the same font from the previous logo.

FX/SFX: Just the fade in.

Music/Sounds: None or the closing theme of the movie.

Availability: Uncommon. Seen at the end of some DreamWorks Animation from the time until the company shut down like Shrek the Third, Megamind and the Madagascar films.

Scare Factor: None, its just boring.