After leaving Disney, John Lasseter worked at
Lucas film Computer Graphics Project. In 1986 this
division of Lucasfilm was bought by Apple founder
Steve Jobs, after being sold by George Lucas when he
need money after the disastrous flop of Howard the
Duck(1983). Lasseter produced short films such as
Luxo Jr for the new company , Pixar Animation
Studios, to demonstate the capabilities of the company
and its main product, the Pixar Image Computer,
which they sold to Disney and others, mainly for coloring animated film.