Here are the 10 coolest-looking computer-animated or motion-captured characters. ... using vector graphics to create the character and the then-new morphing software to make him change shape.

The latest rush into animation went into high gear in May when George Lucas announced the creation of Lucasfilm Animation to produce computer-animated features. Other studios are jumping in as ...

The film, which features keyframe animated computer graphic characters and digitally printed backgrounds consists of a series of vignettes from around the world about couples, longing, and loneliness.

This evolution matched the evolution of audience expectations and showed how animated films can explore deeper emotional ...

Making "Toy Story," the first entirely computer-generated animated feature, reminded John Lasseter of those old Mickey Rooney-Judy Garland musicals in which a character inevitably proclaims, "My ...

It looks like him, but it's an animated character. The reflection from the skin looks realistic, with its texture, translucency, and shine, since it's all based on measurements of the real actor." ...

Pixar and Disney are welcoming fans back to Andy's room as "Toy Story" is returning to movie theaters soon. Pixar, an ...

Despite the fact that the mathematicians produced the animation, “Kitty,” more than 50 years ago, it’s shockingly good. Obviously, it’s incredibly crude but the computer animated cat still ...

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 ...

Wayne Carlson at Ohio State University compiled the history of computer graphics and animation from its humble beginnings in 1951. There's plenty to be learned here, so pull up a chair and a pot ...

On this day in tech history, “Toy Story” was released in theaters, becoming the first entirely computer-animated feature-length film. It was the first film produced by Pixar with Steve Jobs serving as ...