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 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 ...

Andy Hendrickson, left, Disney Animation’s chief technology officer, and Roy Conli, producer of the Academy Award-winning film Big Hero 6, say that without software advancements, the lush look ...