A new software package from Wonder Dynamics, called Wonder Studio, aims to make adding CGI characters to real world scenes as easy as drag and drop. Now, I know what you maybe thinking, that this ...

Before the 1990s, most visual effects in movies consisted of stop motion and people in suits. While computer animation was used in “Star Wars” and “Tron” and in title sequences like 1978’s “Superman,” ...

When animators think of cg software packages for character animation, Cinema 4D isn’t always the first one that comes to mind, but Maxon is trying to change that perception with the latest version of ...

A team of animators has hacked Microsoft’s Kinect sensor suite to create a motion-replication system that powers CGI characters. Remember Gollum in Lord of The Rings? Yup–kinda like that. (But way ...