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AI, Animation and 300,000 Character Poses: What I Learned From a Visit to Disney

It's a warm fall afternoon at Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, and a gentle breeze blows through the meticulously ...
Variety

Animation Directors Use New Tech and Styles to Tell Modern Stories

In today’s high-tech world, there are as many ways to make an animated film as there are film genres. Each year’s top animated features span everything from family fare to real-life documentaries and ...
Columbus Dispatch

Short film's animation uses video-game tool to innovate

Four years ago, when director Neth Nom began working on his animated short film “Sonder,” he wanted to work as efficiently as possible. Especially time-consuming is the process of “rendering,” in ...
Business Wire

HP Technology Helps DreamWorks Animation High-kick “Kung Fu Panda 2” onto the Big Screen

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HP (NYSE:HPQ) and DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq:DWA) have united once again to create the studio’s action-packed 3-D film “Kung Fu Panda 2,” which hits ...
Ars Technica

How one man designed the Windows 7 boot animation

Rolf Ebeling, a senior user experience lead for the User Experience Design and Research Team for Windows, Windows Live, and Internet Explorer, is the man who designed the 105-frame Windows 7 boot ...
KOIN 6

The Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology is returning to OMSI!

PORTLAND, Ore (KOIN) – The Portland Festival of Cinema, Animation & Technology is a vibrant, five-day celebration of visionary filmmaking held next week at OMSI! The PFCAT showcases over 150 films and ...