With Gilda, Nexus Studios Wants To Turn Venues Into Augmented Reality Playgrounds
Nexus demonstrated its new augmented-reality platform at a recent NFL game, where fans watched as animated holograms took over the stadium.
Tools
Video Of The Week: Different Approaches To Creating Animation On The Go
Are you looking to get some animation done in your hotel room? Finesse your script on the beach? Storyboard at Starbucks? L.A.-based artist Toniko Pantoja gives some tips on what tech you’ll need.
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.
PSD to 3D Is A New Tool That Creates 3D Scenes Out Of Photoshop Artwork
Add an extra dimension to your drawings. PSD to 3D is a new plug-in that easily converts 2d drawings into 3d content.
Procreate Adds New Animation Features To Its Latest Update
Although these features are basic, they can be a welcome addition for animators who already use Procreate as part of their workflow.
Step-By-Step: Breaking Down Blender’s New ‘Spring’ Short
How the Blender team made a main character for their latest short film.
Meet Ollie, The New VR Animation Tool That’s Aimed At Beginners
Cartoon Brew gets an early preview of Ollie VR, a new tool designed to ease people into animating in vr.
How This CG ‘Gremlins’ Fan Piece Came Alive With The Help Of A Virtual Camera iPhone App
A new app turns iPhones into virtual cameras for cg production.
Google Earth Studio Is A New Animation Tool For Google Earth Imagery
Google Earth Studio allows animators to integrate Google Earth imagery into their productions.
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.
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.
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.
Could These Be The Next High-Tech Tools That Animators Use Daily?
The prestigious SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference will include several animation-related technical papers.
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.
Blender Introduces ‘Feature Quality’ 2D Animation Tools Within Its 3D Pipeline
The Grease Pencil 2.0 tools will be available in the second half of 2018.
Facebook Introduces Free Animation Tools For Quill
Facebook as a maker of animation tools? It just happened.
See The Results Of This Animator’s Homemade Motion Capture System Using iPhone X
The Apple iPhone X is turning out to be a much more powerful tool for animation artists than anyone could have imagined.
Lytro And Rodrigo Blaas Collaborate on VR Short Using New Volume Tracer
An explanation of light field rendering and how it can help animators with immersive vr filmmaking.
Can The iPhone X’s True Depth Camera Be Used For Performance Capture?
Soon we will all be Andy Serkis.
