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 ...

This week, Summus Render released Simple Animation, its secure and scalable cloud-based virtual animation and vfx platform, which allows producers of all sizes to effortlessly set up remote ...

Google has launched Google Web Designer, a new beta app for creating animated online content such as adverts or other moving graphics, all in HTML5. The Windows and Mac app aims to streamline the post ...

Create stunning cartoons with zero skills, with this smart animation app loved by Oscar nominees. Photo: Cult of Mac Deals You don’t need to go to intensive animation school for years, or work with ...

Little kids can now do what only ten years ago required well-oiled production professionals. It's the democratization of production and its inertia is reshaping what is valued (and what is not) in the ...

Animation used to be incredibly labor intensive. Sketch out a drawing, use ink or paint to shape it exactly the way you want it, then start the whole process over again for the next cel. Do that a ...

Josh Lowensohn joined CNET in 2006 and now covers Apple. Before that, Josh wrote about everything from new Web start-ups, to remote-controlled robots that watch your house. Prior to joining CNET, Josh ...

You can’t go too far online these days without coming across an animated GIF, either as a quick flashcard-style animation or a short, soundless, looping video. No ...