SVA Announces Academic Program Name Changes
The title changes are key to ensuring that SVA keeps up with an evolving industry and will be effective this fall; the class of 2024 will be the first to graduate under the new program names.
The title changes are key to ensuring that SVA keeps up with an evolving industry and will be effective this fall; the class of 2024 will be the first to graduate under the new program names.
Nathan Smith, Director of Studio Ghibletz, shares how to use the new vector character launcher to create props in Photoshop and Illustrator so you can then add GIF animations to your latest cartoon.
RK Venture and Toronto-based animator Joren Cull use absurdist humor to make clear that driving under the influence is no laughing matter, in their deceptively silly animated campaign for NMDOT.
RenderStream’s AI technology takes phone captured 2D content and generates 3D environments for real-time use in virtual production.
It is only recently, through performance capture advances, that actors can lend not just their voices but synchronized body and facial motion to the animated characters we see on screen.
For president and CEO Shūzō John Shiota, what a long, strange trip it’s been… as the famed, Emmy Award-winning Japanese animation studio celebrates four often tough decades building and sustaining a business that shifted from pioneering CGI development to production of a wealth of well-known, visually distinctive shows like the 3DCG ‘Godzilla’ trilogy, ‘Ajin,’ ‘Tron: Uprising,’ and ‘Blame!’
Reallusion’s latest release empowers character artists and 3D print designers to effortlessly transform intricate sculpts into precise, posable, high poly count characters with just a few clicks.
The 43rd edition of the festival, taking place February 23 to March 3, 2024 in Brussels, will showcase the genre of science fiction and highlight Hungary’s bustling film industry; film submissions will be accepted until October 2, 2023.
Chris DeFaria, former Warner Bros. Animation and DreamWorks Feature Animation president, offers an in-depth look at a groundbreaking multi-platform, mythic universe, co-created alongside Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz and Wētā Workshop founder Richard Taylor, that harnesses the latest developments in creative technology to offer a new way for audiences to experience stories.
Spark CG hosts the annual SPARK ANIMATION Festival in Vancouver, promising a window into the leading minds of CG and animation; festival film submissions are open until September 10.
The summer heats up with enhanced Maxon One subscription offerings, including Jitter added to Redshift, MatCap Shader Node and Support for Maya on Mac, and Improved Trapcode Workflows.
The Toronto Animation Arts Festival International includes the TAAFI Industry Conference, which invites everyone to come talk animation, gaming, and VFX at the Toronto Reference Library from November 2-4, 2023.
The mocap tech specialists have made a series of senior appointments to accelerate growth and expansion, including the first-time roles of Chief Operating Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, and Head of Machine Learning.
The MDEC event aims to connect Southeast Asian animation companies with international markets; the conference, in conjunction with Malaysia Digital Content Festival, runs September 27- October 1.
Disney’s 100th Anniversary Celebration continues next month during ‘World Princess Week’ with the inaugural 4K streaming release of the 1950 animated classic.
‘The Arkham Asylum Files: Panic in Gotham City,’ a new DC-licensed augmented reality board game, puzzle book, escape room, and immersive mystery adventure – with over 45 minutes of live-action and animated mobile game content - brings Harley Quinn back to the asylum as a re-licensed doctor on a mission to uncover the anti-hero villain, Anarchy.
The festival, taking place October 20-24, seeks to share the charm of animation and promote growth in the Asian animation community.
The stop-motion show’s second season is accompanied by ‘Morph Thingy-Ma-Bobstacle Course,’ a new interactive game exclusive to Sky Live - the AI-enabled interactive camera from Sky – where you can physically direct Morph along a series of epic obstacle courses, collecting buttons, dodging shapes, and battling bosses to reach the top of the leader board.
Reallusion’s new AI-enhanced Character Creator 4 plugin enables users to create advanced 3D real-time digital humans from photos and 3D models.
CTNX 2023 returns November 16-19, providing a collaborative arena in the heart of the animation market to promote employment, education and industry growth.
Led by VFX supervisor Wes Froud and VFX producer Scott Shapiro, lead vendor DNEG, along with Digital Domain, Distillery VFX, Host VFX, Luma Pictures, Outpost VFX, Perception, RISE, Territory Studios, Visual Creatures, and Zoic Studios, delivered a wide selection of 1,796 VFX shots, ranging from UI motion graphics to an explosive train crash, on the famed MCU directing duo’s new spy thriller series, now streaming on Prime Video.
Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Limited has entered into a deal to sell its Emmy Award-winning Montreal-based animation software business for around $147.5 million CAD in cash.
‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Entergalactic,’ ‘Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal,’ ‘Rick And Morty,’ and ‘The Simpsons’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; ceremony will be broadcast Monday, September 18 live on FOX from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE.
Created by U.K.-based director/animator Karl Poyzer the fully animated CG music video found its timing with the track from the ‘Time Proof’ album.
Nick Bruno and Troy Quane are set to attend the upcoming conference in-person to present their new animated feature, now streaming on Netflix, based on the New York Times best-selling graphic novel by ND Stevenson; the VIEW Conference takes place October 15-20 in Turin, Italy.