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Tools

Moho 14 Moho 14

Moho 14 Is Out Now With A New Graphics Engine

Powered by its new graphics engine, Moho features major revamps of its rigging and traditional animation tools.

By Jamie Lang | 1 week ago

The Sea Beast The Sea Beast

Unity To Unveil Its Unity Weta Tools Division At SIGGRAPH 2023

One discission will focus on challenges involved in creating the characters of ‘The Sea Beast,’ and how they were overcome using Ziva VFX.

By Jamie Lang | 2 months ago

Stable Animation SDK

Stability AI Has Released Stable Animation SDK, A Text-To-Animation Tool

Users can can generate animation in one of three ways: text to animation, text input + initial image, or input video + text input.

By Jamie Lang | 4 months ago

Elemental

Pixar’s Renderman 25 Is Available Now With Several Exciting Improvements

This update offers a new denoising technology developed by Disney Research, and which has been used on every Pixar film since ‘Toy Story 4.’

By Jamie Lang | 5 months ago

Seth MacFarlane’s Fuzzy Door Launches Tech Division To Market Viewscreen, Its’ Real-Time AR Production Tool

The new division will be headed by former Siri chief marketing officer Faith Sedlin.

By Jamie Lang | 5 months ago

Metahuman Animator

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.

By Amid Amidi | 6 months ago

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

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.

By Jamie Lang | 6 months ago

Krikey.ai

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.”

By Amid Amidi | 7 months ago

Xstudio

DNEG Releases Open-Source Media Playback And Review Application Xstudio

Studios can now freely integrate the feature-rich application into their production pipelines.

By Jamie Lang | 8 months ago

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.”

By Jamie Lang | 10 months ago

Shortverse

Short Of The Week Launches Shortverse, A New Home For Short Filmmakers, Industry Pros, And Fans

The platform aims to be a space for short films where “the attention is from people who are purposely seeking out quality, rather than having it shoved towards them by an algorithm.”

By Jamie Lang | 12 months ago

‘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.

By Keltie Duncan | 1 year ago

LottieFiles

Lottiefiles Raises $37 Million Series B Funding

The company envisions its Lottie format as a replacement for GIFs.

By Jamie Lang | 1 year ago

Zbrush character by Damien Guimoneau

Maxon Is Acquiring Pixologic, Makers Of 3D Sculpting And Painting Software Zbrush

Maxon is also the publisher of Cinema 4D.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Loupe

Autodesk Acquires Cloud-Based Animation Pipeline Software Loupe from Tangent Labs

The cloud-based pipeline integrates all aspects of cg production into one package, while reducing the need for elaborate on-site infrastructure.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Weta Digital

You Can Soon Start Producing Weta-Quality VFX From Home

Unity’s acquisition of Weta Digital could be a game-changing moment in the vfx industry.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

Plask

Plask, Whose AI-Based Tech Converts Video Into Animation, Raises $2.6M

The South Korean startup says its automated animation tool can slash production costs.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 years ago

Quill piece by Matt Schaefer

Facebook Returns VR Drawing Tool Quill To Its Creator

Good news for vr animators: the newly rebranded “Quill by Smoothstep” will still be free.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 years ago

Jim Zipper

Building A Pinscreen: How To Make One Of The Rarest Tools In Animation

A new full-sized pinscreen — only the third in existence — has arrived in Quebec. Its creator talks us through the painstaking process of assembling it.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 years ago

Fake Drawn Me

Recreate A-ha’s Iconic ‘Take On Me’ Video With This After Effects Template

Daniel Hashimoto developed the ultimate A-ha template, then used it to create the ultimate parody video.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 2 years ago

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