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Toon Boom Launches its First App for the iPad

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Toon Boom Launches its First App for the iPad

Emmy® Award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Flipboom Lite, a free app designed to easily create simple smooth-looking animation on your iPad. FlipBoom Lite lets you use your fingertips to doodle, scribble or draw a sequence of images and see them move. Loaded with a sample project, Flipboom Lite offers introductory [...]

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Make Bedtimes Delightful with Toy Story 3 Range

Friday, August 13, 2010

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Make Bedtimes Delightful with Toy Story 3 Range

Spearmark Lighting, leading UK manufacturers of child safe lighting, has launched a range of products based on smash-hit 3d animation movie Toy Story 3. The latest instalment of one of the most successful franchises in movie history, Toy Story 3, follows the ongoing adventures of Woody, Buzz Lightyear and friends as they are mistakenly sent to [...]

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Yogi Bear in 3D Animation!

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Yogi Bear in 3D Animation!

Yogi Bear has always been smarter than the average bear during his heydays as the premier park bear of Hanna Barbera. But it seems Hanna Barbera is the one who’s smarter now by allowing Yogi Bear to move past being a 2D illustration and turning into a 3D animation-powered live-action huggable bear. That’s right Yogi Bear [...]

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Pixar Artists Masterclass Coming To Vancouver

Friday, July 30, 2010

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Pixar Artists Masterclass Coming To Vancouver

Artists from Pixar 3D Animation Studios will be presenting a unique Masterclass in Animation & Story Development this September in Vancouver, Canada. This exceptional 2-day event takes place at the Simon Fraser University, with instructors Animator Andrew Gordon and Story Artist Matthew Luhn, both of Pixar. This masterclass has toured the world, this being one of [...]

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Super School, New Pre-School Action Series

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

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Super School, New Pre-School Action Series

HIT Entertainment, a leading producer and rights owner of quality children’s entertainment has today announced the development of the new 3D animation series ‘Super School’, working alongside BAFTA award winning ‘Bob the Builder’ designer Curtis Jobling and multi award winning animation writer, Ian Carney. ‘Super School’ is an action packed pre-school series where super-powered children learn [...]

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Iron Man 2’s Pre-vis Done with Autodesk

Thursday, July 1, 2010

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Iron Man 2’s Pre-vis Done with Autodesk

With help from technology created by Autodesk, Inc. , previsualization has become an integral part of modern moviemaking. For Paramount Pictures’ and Marvel Entertainment’s summer blockbuster “Iron Man 2,” Los Angeles-based previsualization studio The Third Floor used the 3D animation software Autodesk Maya and Autodesk MotionBuilder software to help create a highly detailed previsualization [...]

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New Last Airbender Toys To Coincide with Film Release

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

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New Last Airbender Toys To Coincide with Film Release

Just in time to coincide with the July 2 theatrical release of the 3D animation-powered The Last Airbender, Spin Master Ltd.’s toy line for the movie has hit shelves. Spin Master was chosen to partner with Nickelodeon Consumer Products (NCP) to be the master global toy licensee of the M. Night Shyamalan-directed film, The [...]

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Animation Sequels

Sunday, June 27, 2010

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Animation Sequels

Toy Story 3 captivated the hearts of many and it seemed a fitting way to end the groundbreaking movie franchise should Disney and Pixar decide to go that way. With the high production costs of animated movies today, especially those dabbling in 3D, it seems sequels are really the way to go to recoup lost [...]

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Alan Wake Gets Help from Autodesk

Friday, June 25, 2010

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Alan Wake Gets Help from Autodesk

Autodesk Helps Remedy Ent. Create Thrilling Mystery of Alan Wake 3D art creation and animation software from Autodesk, Inc. played an integral role in Remedy Entertainment’s production of their recently released video game, “Alan Wake.” Compelling storytelling and atmosphere are the cornerstones of the “psychological action thriller” game. Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk MotionBuilder and Autodesk Mudbox [...]

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Disney Tron Toys Unveiled!

Friday, June 25, 2010

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Disney Tron Toys Unveiled!

Disney Unveils Cutting Edge TRON-Inspired Toys and Electronics Line Disney Consumer Products (DCP) today unveiled a first look at its unprecedented fall line-up of the 3D animation-enhanced full-length feature /TRON: Legacy/ inspired electronics and toys (#TronMerch), including the first-ever action figures to feature impulse light projection technology. Also unveiled were high-end lifestyle headphones and advanced computer peripherals [...]

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3D Soccer Avatars

Friday, June 25, 2010

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3D Soccer Avatars

Darwin Dimensions, creator of Evolver, the world’s first web based tool for building custom 3D animation character models, and Avatara, a 3D avatar generator designed specifically for social media enthusiasts, has upgraded its content library to include pro soccer apparel and realistic soccer animations for 3D characters created on the site. Timed with the World Cup, [...]

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The New Disney Pixar Film Toy Story 3 Opens in Theaters June 18 in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX

Monday, June 14, 2010

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The New Disney Pixar Film Toy Story 3 Opens in Theaters June 18 in Disney Digital 3D and IMAX

Aleks Syntek and Danna Paola, and the Gipsy Kings Participate in the Most Anticipated Animated Movie of the Summer, Toy Story 3! On June 18, Toy Story 3 will make children and adults dance to two completely different rhythms. Aleks Syntek and Danna Paola recorded the pop version of the song Yo Soy Tu Amigo Fiel [...]

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DreamWorks Announces Cast & New Date for Kung Fu Panda 2

Friday, May 28, 2010

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DreamWorks Announces Cast & New Date for Kung Fu Panda 2

3D animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. today announced that Gary Oldman, Michelle Yeoh, Jean Claude Van Damme and Victor Garber will join Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Lucy Liu, David Cross and James Hong in its upcoming film, “Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom,” which is now scheduled [...]

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IMAX Reports Opening Box Office Results of Shrek Forever After

Friday, May 28, 2010

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IMAX Reports Opening Box Office Results of Shrek Forever After

IMAX Corporation and 3D animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (Nasdaq:DWA) today announced opening weekend results for Shrek Forever After, the final chapter in the Shrek film series. The film generated approximately $4.8 million from 194 IMAX(R) theatres domestically from Friday May 21 through Sunday, May 23, representing approximately 7% of the film’s total gross of [...]

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Happy Madison Buys Rights to Viral Sensation PIXELS

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Happy Madison Buys Rights to Viral Sensation PIXELS

Will Donkey Kong finally make his long awaited big-screen debut? For the last month, the web and the tech world have been buzzing about Patrick Jean’s latest short film (more like a movie trailer) “PIXELS” about 8-bit invaders, possibly from space, who have come to pixilate New York City. Although the video is just shy of [...]

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