Remember stop-motion, that venerable technique of animated films ranging from old-time children’s classics by Rankin/Bass to sword-and-sandals epics by Ray Harryhausen? Given the success of Pixar’s ...

How much access do you have to a 3D printer? What would you do if you had weeks of time on your hands and a couple spools of filament lying around? Perhaps you would make a two second stop-motion ...

Stop-motion animation is among the most laborious and precise forms of artistry imaginable; the average animator produces only four seconds of footage per week. If they make a wrong movement, there is ...

Every year, five films are nominated for an Academy Award in the “Visual Effects” category. Each of the projects nominated this year offer a unique, inside look at the amazing tricks filmmakers and ...

Motion synthesis AI tools focus on generating character motion performances in existing 3D animation workflows This is attractive for professional animation because outputs are editable versus less ...

Abstract: High-fidelity 3D facial animation has a wide range of applications in virtual reality, movie and television production, and games. Existing speech-driven 3D facial animation methods usually ...

A stop-motion animator can spend a week manipulating a small puppet around, frame by frame, for a total of just three seconds of footage. Why would anyone want to do that? The truth is, fewer and ...

Master the fundamentals of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation, compositing, and simulation, guided by projects and assignments that hone these skills through carefully constructed concepts and ...