THR Animation Roundtable: Inside the Craft, Chaos and “Nerd Love” Behind This Year’s Top Contenders

The directors of this year’s best animated feature hopefuls talk inspiration, originality and why emotional truth comes ...
Communications of the ACM

Animators and Special-Effects Artists Feel Existential Pinch of GenAI

From the proton torpedoes that obliterated the Death Star in Star Wars IV, to the ingenious computer virus that crippled the extraterrestrial mothership in Independence Day, for years Hollywood has ...

The 10 Most Essential Animated Movies of the Last 100 Years, Ranked

From The Lion King to Spirited Away, these animated films were groundbreaking and have become essential classics.

Animation Hasn’t Been the Same Since ‘Toy Story’

The Pixar Era kicked off 30 years ago with the first installment of the popular franchise. It’s given us countless hits, but something has also been lost.
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If You’ve Ever Wondered How Animation Works, Start Here

The process usually begins with “key poses,” which show the most important movements. Other artists then fill in the ...
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'A Goofy Movie' and 'Tarzan' Director Explains What Makes 2D Animation So Special [Exclusive]

The world of feature-length animation continues to thrive, with films like Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Predator: Killer of Killers, and the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse movies pushing the ...
Observer

Disney’s Once-Unshakable Animation Empire Is Wobbling

From weak theatrical intent to cultural controversy, Disney animation faces major challenges even as it experiments with fresh formats and new IP. Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register ...
New Scientist

What makes a quantum computer good?

There are currently about 80 companies across the world manufacturing quantum computing hardware. Because I report on quantum computing, I have had a chance to watch it grow as an industry from up ...
LAist

LA’s Animation Is Film Festival argues animation isn’t ‘less than’

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The Verge

Nvidia is letting anyone use its AI voice animation tech

Nvidia is open sourcing Audio2Face, its AI tool that generates facial animations for 3D avatars based on audio input. Nvidia is open sourcing Audio2Face, its AI tool that generates facial animations ...
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...
Los Angeles Times

An AI-animated film will debut next year. Is this AI’s ‘Toy Story’ moment?

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. An animated feature film that uses artificial intelligence tools from OpenAI is expected to debut next year, ...