Hype, an application for creating HTML5 animations, has been launched by Y Combinator-funded company Tumult Inc. Hype uses a keyframe animation system, much like Flash, and allows users to record ...

To bring animated movies to life, production studios must assemble hundreds of animators and equip them with state-of-the-art tools—requiring months of set-up and huge capital investment. SummuS ...

Animating a 3D character from scratch is generally both laborious and expensive, requiring the use of complex software and motion capture tools. Cartwheel wants to make simple animations as easy as ...

A new entrant in the field of cloud-based animation platforms is setting its sights on the emerging market inhabited by players such as Artella, Nimble Collective, and Foundry’s Elara. Simple ...

You probably get that motion capture involves performers prancing around in tights that have ping-pong balls attached. But what the heck is going on, exactly? Simple: The producers of a game or film ...

Researchers have developed a computer model that can translate text describing physical movements directly into simple computer-generated animations, a first step toward someday generating movies ...