Technology

State of the Art: Focus on Five Major Motion Design Trends in 2025

By Ronny Young Every time I’m asked to predict how our field will evolve in the year ahead, I smile to myself, recalling — of...

Animation Magazine - March 3, 2025

Foundry Releases Nuke 16.0 Featuring Native Variable-Enabled Workflows

Creative software developer Foundry has released Nuke 16.0, with features set to transform compositing and review workflows by speeding up review and cutting time...

Animation Magazine - February 28, 2025

Chaos Boosts World-Building Power with V-Ray 7 for Maya and Houdini

Chaos has launched V-Ray 7 for Maya and V-Ray 7 for Houdini with new features that accelerate everything from fast 3D environment creation to...

Animation Magazine - January 30, 2025

Mindshow Unveils Virtual CG Production Platform, Taps David Baron as COO

Real-time CG animation specialists Mindshow today unveiled its new virtual production platform and announced the appointment of former Hulu executive David Baron as Chief...

Mercedes Milligan - January 28, 2025

Tech Reviews: Boris FX’s Mocha Pro & Puget Systems Workstations

Boris FX’s Mocha Pro Boris FX released a new version of Mocha Pro back in July. The 2024.5 version has some more-than-bite-sized improvements, which...

Todd Sheridan Perry - January 20, 2025

Prime Video Unveils ‘Invincible’ S3 First-Look Images

Prime Video today unmasked first-look images from the highly anticipated third season of its adult animated super-hero saga Invincible. Billed as "the craziest and...

Mercedes Milligan - January 16, 2025

Tech Reviews: Best of 2024

A year has gone by, and we are being bludgeoned by a plethora of AI-driven technology. Or tools that say they are using AI...

Todd Sheridan Perry - December 24, 2024

‘Tongal,’ On-Demand Studio Platform Behind ‘Piece By Piece,’ Reaches $100M for Creators

Creator platform Tongal, established with a mission to democratize content creation through its network of 160,000 creators for hire across 175 countries, announces it...

Animation Magazine - December 11, 2024

Tech Reviews: DaVinci Resolve 19, Wacom’s Movink & Silhouette Studio 2024

Blackmagic’s DaVinci Resolve 19 Color Panels Blackmagic is all about its hardware. Many may think of DaVinci Resolve when they think of Blackmagic, but the...

Todd Sheridan Perry - November 29, 2024

LeyLine Technologies Introduces an AI-powered Platform that Connects Creative Talent with Generative AI

During these incredibly challenging times in the animation industry, there are also many opportunities for projects that take advantage of the wide network of...

Paid Content - November 7, 2024

Autodesk Introduces AI Video-to-3D Scene Solution Wonder Animation

In a blog posted by Nikola Todorovic, Co-Founder of Wonder Dynamics (an Autodesk company), the industry was introduced to a new tool that uses...

Mercedes Milligan - October 30, 2024

Tech Reviews: DaVinci Resolve 19, ZBrush for iPad, Nuke 15.1v2

Blackmagic Design’s DaVinci Resolve 19 After a protracted beta phase (compared to previous releases), Blackmagic finally released Resolve 19, and as usual, I don’t have...

Todd Sheridan Perry - October 25, 2024