Joe Letteri, Oscar-winning co-creator of Gollum on screen, looks at the evolution of computer animation as the next instalment of The Hobbit trilogy reaches cinemas. Computer animation is a natural ...

It’s hard to believe we’re in a world where the original Toy Story, the first fully computer-generated feature film, is more than 20 years old. Its computer animation was revolutionary for 1995, but ...

When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

Computer animation is the process used for digitally generating animated images. The more general term computer-generated imagery (CGI) encompasses both static scenes and dynamic images, while ...

When Brad Pitt lives his life backwards in the film "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and morphs from an old man to a small child, it wasn't just a matter of using a lot of make-up. Every single ...

Unexpected double lives, mysterious alternate realms, impending environmental doom, tech addiction, the complexities of parent-child relationships, gender fluidity, racial justice—these are just a few ...

This past weekend, you relived the wonder of Jurassic Park and remembered the first time you saw convincing CG effects on screen. But Jurassic Park built on a long legacy of computer innovation, more ...

Ken Knowlton, artist and computer animation pioneer, died on June 16 at a hospice facility in Sarasota, Florida. According to his son, Rick Knowlton, the cause of death was unclear. Knowlton was an ...

Wireframe boxes and freehand squiggles might not be as exciting as dinosaurs and terminators, but this 1971 film from the National Research Council of Canada is an important history lesson for anyone ...