Four Resources That Will Help You Understand How The New ‘Lion King’ Was Made
In our round-up of articles, the senior crew explain how they created — and, in some cases, fudged — the film’s photorealism.
Tech
Epic Games Has Created The Ultimate Guide To Virtual Production
The Virtual Production Field Guide provides an overview of “one of the biggest technology disruptors of the visual medium.”
Toon Boom Launches Harmony 17, Offers Limited Time Sale On Annual Licenses
Toon Boom is touting 40 new-and-improved features in the latest edition of its industry-standard animation software.
You Can Use The Actual Assets and Workflow From This Real-Time Unity Film in Your Own Projects – Annecy
With its new short “Sherman,” Unity is showcasing what’s possible in real-time rendering of fur, hair, and feathers.
The Russian Animated Series ‘Jinglekids’ Aims For Ambitious Visuals With A Small Team
Showrunner Anton Vereschagin shares the pipeline and tech challenges that come with producing a high-quality cg series in Russia.
How L’Atelier Delivers Two Episodes of ‘Robozuna’ Every Four Weeks
Forty minutes of quality keyframed animation every month? This Montreal studio is doing it.
‘Photo Wake-Up’ Is A Freaky New Technique For Creating 3D Animation From A Single Still Image
Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a new technique for creating 3d cg character animation from a single still image.
Blender’s Amazing 2D/3D Grease Pencil Tool Is Now Available — And Completely Free
The Grease Pencil provides 2d animation tools within Blender’s free and open-source full-3d pipeline.
Chinese Government Debuts Photoreal Synthetic News Anchor
The AI-generated synthetic anchor was created with the goal of replicating realistic movement, facial expressions, and voice.
Snow And Fur Combine To Make Imageworks’ Effects For ‘Smallfoot’ A Yeti-Sized Challenge
Two of the hardest things to produce in visual effects animation are snow and fur – two of the main elements required for “Smallfoot.”
‘Antz’ Hits 20: Re-Visiting PDI’s Tech From 20 Years Ago
An oral history of PDI’s tech behind the making of “Antz,” which is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
How 2D Tools Let You Go 3D
The debate about 2d versus 3d animation is becoming increasingly irrelevant as more artists use an integrated 2d/3d approach thanks to the new generation of powerful animation tools.
12 Cool New Pieces Of Animation Tech We Saw At SIGGRAPH 2018
Didn’t get to SIGGRAPH this year? Here’s a round-up of animation and vfx hardware and software announcements from the confab.
Q&A: Chris Landreth On 20 Years Since He Wrestled With Maya To Make The Strange and Surreal ‘Bingo’
It’s been 20 years since Chris Landreth’s groundbreaking short “Bingo” showed the world what Maya 1.0 could do.
New Markets: Using Animation To Measure Pain
The Painimation app could change the way that people communicate their pain to medical providers.
How E.d. Films Is Using Real-time To Help Make Their Animated Films
A look at how e.d. films in Montreal has adopted the Unity game engine for animated filmmaking, and even developed its own real-time tools.
Nemetschek Group Raises Its Stake In Cinema 4D Maker Maxon To 100%
Maxon, maker of Cinema 4D software, plans to broaden its offerings to augmented and virtual reality creators.
French Studio TeamTO Built New Animation Software For Its Hyper-real Slapstick Series ‘Mighty Mike’
We preview “Mighty Mike,” a one-of-a-kind animated series coming soon to Cartoon Network France.
Summus Launches Simple Animation, A Cloud-Based Virtual Animation Studio Solution
Simple Animation aims to make it simple for animators anywhere in the world to collaborate on projects using its virtual studio solution.
5 Forgotten Pieces Of Animation Technology That Used To Be Essential For Making Cartoons
We talk to animation producer J.J. Sedelmaier about the technology used to create classic cartoons – and his new museum exhibit about animation equipment.
