Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. Increasingly it is created by means of 3D computer graphics, ...

Blender is s 3D modeling and animation program that is used in many professional contexts, including game design and motion picture production. It also features an integrated physics engine (Bullet) ...

Toonz, the software used to create Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and TV shows like Steven Universe and Futurama, is now OpenToonz. It’s open source and free for any budding animator to ...

Cambridge Animation Systems, a developer of 2D computer animation software, has been purchased from its Japanese owners by a consortium of companies that includes an original company founder. Peter ...

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. Pixar has decided to release its flagship animation software known as RenderMan for free. As part of ...

In the early days of hand drawn cartoons, specifically in the US, the dominant style was what we call “rubber hose” animation. Moving into motion from strip cartoons, artists didn’t just have to ...

Researchers have developed a new way to visualize how ancient animals moved as they roamed the Earth — starting with a Yale-discovered dinosaur’s sickle-clawed foot. The new approach, which uses ...

In 1988, Phil Vischer was locked away in his tiny garage experimenting with the first widely available computer animation software. It was still seven years before Pixar’s “Toy Story” would become the ...

This article about “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” first appeared in the TheWrap magazine’s Oscar Nominations Preview issue. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” isn’t the first animated movie to ...