While animation technology is evolving almost daily, some directors use the advances to aid in techniques they were originally trained in, rather than changing how they work.

More recently, technology tools facilitating computer animation include for example the digital pen, tablet and digital sculpting tools. In addition, high-end 3D animation software enables most of ...

Disney Animation Chief Technology Officer Andy Hendrickson, left, and “Big Hero 6” producer Roy Conli pose with the Baymax character at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank.

The new automatic animation technology builds on Epic's MetaHuman modeling tool, which launched in 2021 as a way to manually create highly detailed human models in Unreal Engine 5.

The gig: Animator Hao Li, 34, is an assistant professor of computer science at USC, running a small, newly renovated lab with five graduate students at the university's school of engineering.

In the nearly 60 years between the 1939 release of Hollywood's first animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and modern hits like Toy Story, Shrek and more, advances in animation ...

The 2007 film's hold on Iwasa set her on a quest to use computer animation technology to explain the complexities of disease transmission.

“Toy Story,” the first computer animated feature film, began production at Pixar Animation Studios on Jan. 19, 1993. Screengrab from Instagram Now a beloved family film with an entire catalog ...