Pixar Dives Into The Tech Behind ‘Elemental’ In Newly Published Papers
The highly technical documents accompany upcoming Pixar talks which will take place at SIGGRAPH this August.
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Epic Games Unveils Metahuman Animator, A Potential Game Changer For Automated Facial Animation And Lip Sync
The new tech eliminates the need for bespoke facial motion capture technology, making it possible to accomplish with only an iPhone.
Disney Vet Aaron Blaise Answers The Question: “Is AI Animation Going To Put Me Out Of A Job?”
The ‘Brother Bear’ director reacts to a recent viral video that claims to be animated using AI.
Dreamworks’ Rendering Software Moonray, Used On ‘Puss In Boots: The Last Wish’ And ‘The Bad Guys,’ Is Now Available Open Source
After being announced last year, Moonray was made available to the public today as open source for general access.
Genius Brands To Launch Its First AI Animated Series Next Month
The company is using ChatGPT, among other technologies, and claims that AI will also be used for images, voices, and animation.
Stable Diffusion Is Launching An AI Text-To-Animation Tool In Partnership With Krikey
Krikey says that AI animation can be “the foundation of the next creator economy.”
This AI-Generated Animated ‘Seinfeld’ Stream Has Gone Viral On Twitch
‘Nothing, Forever’ went live on Twitch in December, and has been streaming non-stop ever since.
Netflix Faces Backlash After Using AI Software To Create Backgrounds For An Animated Short
Artists quickly dismissed the company’s claim of animation labor shortages and questioned the ethics of image-generating software.
France’s Superprod Launches ‘Flow’ Pipeline, Based On Pixar’s Open-Source USD Technology
Superprod is the first French studio to deploy a pipeline based on the Pixar tech.
Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against Stability AI, Midjourney, DeviantArt
The suit claims generative AI art tools violate copyright law by scraping artists’ work from the web without their consent.
Nvidia’s Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine, Designed To Simplify Animating Avatars, Enters Early Access
Developers can now access the suite of cloud-native AI microservices that make it easier to build and deploy avatars at scale.
Epic Games Launches Unreal Engine 5.1 With New And Refined Features For Animation And VFX Work
According to the team at Epic Games, with UE 5.1 “we’re honing in on the artist, and how the artist can use this tool.”
Stability AI Raises $101 Million For Open-Source AI Image Generation Software
The funding will be used to accelerate the development of open AI models for image, language, audio, video, 3d, and more.
Korean Animated Influencer Apoki Drops First English-Language Single
Apoki is only the latest in a long line of popular animated characters being presented as influencers and pop stars.
As The Debate Over AI Rages, Artists Are Already Using It To Illustrate Entire Comics
Using software like Dall-E and Midjourney, artists are creating comics without lifting a pencil.
‘The Liberator’ Studio Trioscope Begins Licensing Proprietary Software Suite
Trioscope, producer of ‘The Liberator,’ announced it will be licensing its suite of software tools and practical solutions for general use.
Render Like The Pros When Dreamworks’ Moonray Software Goes Open Source Later This Year
Soon, everyone will have access to the same rendering software used on ‘The Bad Guys’ and ‘Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.’
I Tawt I Taw An NFT: Tweety Is The First Looney Tunes To Become An NFT
Tweety is the first of many Looney Tunes characters who will receive the NFT treatment.
The Animated Star Of Seth Green’s Upcoming Show Has Been Kidnapped
Green had several NFTs stolen from his crypto wallet after falling victim to a phishing scam.
Lottiefiles Raises $37 Million Series B Funding
The company envisions its Lottie format as a replacement for GIFs.
