As we hit Toy Story’s 30th anniversary, we thought about how far animation has come. No disrespect to the O.G., but after a ...

When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

Sounds accompanying computer-animated content are usually created with recordings. Now, a new system synthesizes synchronized sound at the push of a button. Advances in computer-generated imagery have ...

[SIGGRAPH 2018] [Highlights] Toward Wave-based Sound Synthesis for Computer Animation In the early days of cinema, organists would add sound effects to silent movies by playing along to whatever was ...

Unexpected double lives, mysterious alternate realms, impending environmental doom, tech addiction, the complexities of parent-child relationships, gender fluidity, racial justice—these are just a few ...

These animation professors share their expertise with Hollywood's next generation of artists. By Thomas J. McLean, The Associated Press R. Brent Adams Adams, who migrated from architecture and ...

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...

Perhaps the most infamous clip of Hayao Miyazaki—the Studio Ghibli co-founder whose name remains synonymous with the studio’s work—is of his reaction to a CGI animation demo: “I would never wish to ...

Ed Catmull, the Pixar Animation Studios co-founder who helped pioneer the computer-animation industry and led Walt Disney Co.’s animation business to its contemporary renaissance, is retiring. Catmull ...