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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 ...
MLive

‘Immersive Disney’ hits Michigan showcasing 100-years of animation with interactive technology

DETROIT - It’s Disney like you’ve never seen it before with a floor-to-ceiling immersive experience now in Michigan. Walt Disney Animation Studios has teamed up with Lighthouse Immersive Studios for ...
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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 ...
VentureBeat

Epic Games acquires facial animation technology maker Cubic Motion

Epic Games has acquired Cubic Motion, a provider of automated performance-driven facial animation technology for video games, film, broadcast, and immersive experiences such as virtual reality. Cubic ...