Find the moment your cel was painted for
Every production cel was made for a few frames of a real film or TV episode. Share a photo of yours and Pegbar finds the scene, the frame and the second it appeared on screen.
- Just a photo of the front
- Your photo stays on your device
Step through Tuck’s scene
Press play to see the shot at its real speed. Your cel shows faintly over every drawing, so you can see how far off the others are, and fills in on the frame it was made for.
Your celWhy a cel can be matched
From the 1960s, studios stopped inking cels by hand and copied each animator’s drawing straight onto the cel with a Xerox process. Painters then filled in the colours by hand on the back. Disney worked this way from 101 Dalmatians in 1961 to The Little Mermaid in 1989, and TV series such as The New Batman Adventures were still made on cels in the late 1990s.
That means the lines on your cel are the animator’s own lines, sitting where they sat under the camera. Pegbar compares those lines with every frame of the scene.
The paints on the Friar Tuck cel, sampled from the dealer’s photo.
How matching works
Frame 67 of 83
- Scene
- Sherwood camp
- On screen
- 2 frames
- Fit
- Within an ink line
- Checked
- 83 of 83 frames
Every match gets a card
It records the film, the scene and the second your cel is on screen. Slip it behind the backing board, or add it to a listing when the cel changes hands.
What the match tells you
- The drawing on your cel appears in the film, at this frame.
- Which scene it’s from, the time, and how long the drawing stays on screen.
What still needs a person
- Whether your cel is the one that was filmed. A sericel or reproduction printed from the same drawing can line up too.
- Paint, condition, stamps and seals. Someone has to look at the cel itself.
Recently matched
These cels came from real listings, and each one was matched to the exact drawing in its film.
Friar Tuck
The Joker
Peg
Tony
Puppy Lady
The Grand Duke
Sebastian
Baloo and King Louie
King Louie
Put the scene on the lot page
Buyers can see the cel sitting on its frame, with the time in the film, without leaving your listing.
- Works from the photos you already take.
- Names the scene and the time, so the description doesn’t have to guess.
- Flags cels that aren’t from the film, with the reason.
Friar Tuck production cel
Robin Hood, Walt Disney Productions, 1973. Gouache on acetate, framed.
Check your own cel
One good photo is enough. Pegbar matches it against every frame in its library, right here in your browser, so the photo never leaves your device.