Singer Says Quicksilver...
Just in time for the Memorial weekend, fanboy favorite Bryan Singer announced...
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Thinware Media Partners with TVPaint
Thinware Media Ltd., developers of StudioCAP workflow automation and asset management for animation studios, and TVPaint Développement, France, makers of 2D bitmap-based animation software, today announced a new strategic partnership that will offer customers a seamless technology integration. TVPaint animators and artists will be able to create and manage their 2D [...]
How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love CG
Veteran animator and supervising director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars discusses the digital evolution of his job. In the eight years I had worked in animation, I had never once touched a computer related to my work. Everything I had worked on was traditional hand drawn animation, from my [...]
‘Lion King’ Is Top Cat at the Box Office
The 3-D re-release of Disney’s The Lion King ruled the weekend box office, 17 years after the original pic hit the big screens. Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff and produced by Don Hahn, the beloved 2D animated classic brought in an estimated $29.3 million in North America. The [...]
Roaming Deeper into ‘The Lion King’
Disney’s beloved classic gets a stereoscopic 3-D makeover and theatrical release in advance of its October Blu-ray release. Although movie audiences have grown accustomed to seeing the latest CG-animated movies like Cars 2 or Rio in stereoscopic 3-D, it’s a special thrill to take in 3-D versions of classic 2D [...]
Fox Strives for Flippin’ Good TV
Fox TV’s new animation lineup sees the awkward teens of Napoleon Dynamite get a toon makeover, and Jonah Hill as a sophisticated schoolboy in Allen Gregory. In the next few months, Fox TV audiences will be treated to two new kids on the channel’s animation block: Napoleon Dynamite and Allen [...]
Tales from the Toon Trenches: Jobs in Animation
Not since Richard Nixon was seen leaving on a jet plane in 1974 has one man’s resignation created the kind of hoopla that Steve Jobs’ stepping down as CEO of Apple has generated. What does this have to do with the toon trenches, you ask? Well, in addition to being [...]
Smith Micro 2D Climbs Mac App Store Chart
Smith Micro 2D animation software, Anime Studio, has been added to the Mac App Store. The software application has become one of the top selling Graphics and Design software, following closely behind Adobe’s Photoshop Elements and Pixelmator. Anime Studio Debut is a unique app that enables people of all skill [...]
‘Lucky Fred’ Brings New Jobs to Oasis
Quebec-based Oasis Animation has announced that it will be doubling its workforce and space thanks to the fact that will be working on the upcoming project Lucky Fred, a 52-episode eleven-minute children’s series to be aired on Disney Channel in Spain, France, Italy, Germany, India & Australia. Lucky Fred has [...]
‘Rio’ and ‘My Dog Tulip’ Take Flight on DVD
Two well-received but very different animated features make their DVD debut today (Tuesday, August 2). Fans of Rio, director Carlos Saldanha’s 3-D ode to his home country of Brazil will be able to check out this colorful, CG-animated feature, which was released last April and has made $479 million at [...]
A Real-Life Replica of...
Cowabunga, dude! A real-life replica of Simpsons’ hometown of Springfield is...
Blue Sky’s...
Epic, the new animated adventure from director Chris Wedge and his gifted team...
