Animation News
 DreamWorks Animation's growth focuses on 3-D (Los Angeles Times) The film studio will begin work to add 100,000 square feet of production space at its Glendale complex. DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., creator of the hit "Shrek" films, is bulking up in a big way.
Computer animation treks across the "uncanny valley" (Yahoo! Tech Advisors) If it weren't for the introductory warning on this video of "Emily" which assures you that "Emily is not real" you might not think something was amiss. But sure enough, Emily is a computer animation , created by a company called Image Metrics. According to a profile in the Times Online, Image Metrics is pioneering a new way of approaching the complex task of recreating the way that human ...
New modeling technology breathes life into animation (Engadget) Filed under: Robots digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/New_modeling_technology_breathes_life_into_animation'; Ask any animation modeler about the "uncanny valley," and you're sure to get at least a grimace, if not a groan. Said term describes the long-standing barrier which refers to the perception that "animation looks less realistic as it approaches human likeness." Image ...
Understand the European Animation Industry, and Current Strategies, Trends and Opportunities (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) DUBLIN, Ireland----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "European Animation Industry: Strategies, Trends and Opportunities" report to their offering.
Lifelike animation heralds new era for computer games (Times Online) Extraordinarily lifelike characters are to begin appearing in films and computer games thanks to a new type of animation technology.
India's animation industry expected to bring in US$3b by 2010 (Channel NewsAsia) INDIA: India's animation sector is witnessing a major boom. The country is making its presence felt all across the world as overseas entertainment giants outsource large chunks of their designing work to India.
Kid Critic: Animation awesome but story line weak in 'Clone Wars' (Tucson Citizen) Of the three movies I've seen this summer, the animated "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" gets third place.
Jazz and Film Animation: A Brief, Sketchy History (All About Jazz) Film animation married to jazz improvisation goes back to the 1930s and the advent of sound films. This collaboration of the cartoon figure Betty Boop and the real Louis Armstrong is one of the most famous early examples. Social sensitivity was not a consideration.
iaTV Inks Content, Ad Deal With Tokyopop (MultiChannel News) Asian-targeted network iaTV Tuesday said it has reached a program acquisition and strategic ad sales partnership with Los Angeles-based production company Tokyopop representing the company’s animation/magna-oriented entertainment.
Leaping the Uncanny Valley (Slashdot) reachums submits this glance at "the newest level of computer animation," intended to get past the paradoxical "uncanny valley" — that is, the way animated humans actually can appear jarring as the animation gets hyper-realistic. "This short video gives us a glimpse of what we can hope to see in the future of computer games and movies. Emily is not a real actress, but she looks like a real ...
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