Animation Magazine

Some New AI-Generated Animated Content for Kids Pose Danger for Viewers

A recent article on Wired.com exposes the dangers posed by a new wave of AI generated animated content to young viewers. Tutorials promoting the...

animation_magazine - April 19, 2024

Maxon One Spring Release Delivers Toon Shading, New Particles & More

Maxon, developers of professional software solutions for editors, filmmakers, motion designers, visual effects artists, and creators of all types, today announced a major update...

Mercedes Milligan - April 10, 2024

Pixar Releases RenderMan 26 with XPU Updates & Machine Learning Denoising

Pixar Animation Studios announces the release of RenderMan version 26, a significant advancement in the Pixar's core rendering technology. This latest version introduces groundbreaking...

Animation Magazine - April 8, 2024

Case Study: Exploring Real-Time for Visual Storytelling in ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ with Narwhal Studios

In supporting Avatar: The Last Airbender, Narwhal Studios served as the Virtual Art Department (VAD) that helped blend established filmmaking methods with real-time design...

Animation Magazine - April 5, 2024

AWS Deadline Cloud Arrives to Accelerate 3D Rendering

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) today announced the availability of AWS Deadline Cloud, a fully managed service that helps customers set up, deploy, and scale...

Animation Magazine - April 3, 2024

Autodesk Launches Maya & 3ds Max 2025, Autodesk Flow Cloud Platform

Autodesk today unveiled the latest iterations of two of its popular Design & Make solutions, Maya 2025 and 3ds Max 2025, highlighting the company's...

Mercedes Milligan - March 27, 2024

Tech Reviews: Foundry’s Nuke 15, Mari 7.0 & Katana 7.0

Foundry’s Nuke 15 Foundry’s latest release of Nuke 15 (and 14.1) presents a slew of new features, which we’ll get into, but first a note...

Todd Sheridan Perry - March 22, 2024

Epic Unveils UE 5.4, MetaHumans for UEFN, LEGO ‘Fortnite’ Elements & More at GDC

Today at Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, Epic Games presented its State of Unreal keynote, debuting Unreal Engine 5.4, showcasing cutting-edge new video game...

Mercedes Milligan - March 20, 2024

Foundry Launches Modo 17.0 with Accelerated Performance

Today, Foundry releases Modo 17.0, a significant update to its 3D software that overhauls internal systems to provide notable performance increases. These enhancements help...

Mercedes Milligan - March 4, 2024

Chaos Unveils 2024 Roadmap with First AI Tools and New Visual Storytelling Product

During the first in a series of planned “Unboxed” events, visualization technology creator Chaos offered the first look at its upcoming 2024 roadmap, including...

Mercedes Milligan - February 28, 2024

Apple is Working on a New AI Animation Tool Called Keyframer

Apple has unveiled a new prototype generative AI animation tool called Keyframer which enables users to add motion to 2D images simply by describing...

Ramin Zahed - February 14, 2024

Disney Parks Previews Tiana Animatronic Ahead of Summer Ride Opening

Disney Parks has offered fans a first look at the new Tiana audio-animatronic who will bring some old school Imagineering magic to the Tiana's Bayou...

Animation Magazine - February 13, 2024