Animation

Toon Boom Animation has unveiled a new creative animation software for for all types of media, from online to HDTV.

Autodesk has gobbled up all of the assets of Avid's Softimage business unit for approximately $US35 million.

Autodesk and Avid Technology have signed a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid's Softimage business unit for approximately $US35 million.

Bringing together the worlds of computer graphics, Hollywood and Facebook, Intel is set to kick off its Mass Animation collaboration on Noveber 17, running through January 30, 2009.

Academy Award winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman (Capote) has joined an all-star line-up of Australian talent in lending his exceptional talent to voice the role of Max in the new claymation feature

Escape Studios is offering a new online destination for students of Maya

The aniMate plug-in for DAZ Studio allows artists to animate 3D characters thr
ough drag-and-drop animation modules called aniBlocks, which seamlessly blend into any DAZ Studio project.

Blackmagic Design capture cards and Stop Motion Pro are being used by the Academy Award winning team of animators at Aardman Animations Ltd for their latest TV production, “Timmy”.

Digital Pictures Melbourne has produced online 3D characters in a world first using realtime Flash Papervision3D.

Antics V4 is now available to download offering adaptive lighting, realtime shadows, character to character interactions and more.