Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2025
Begins: October 23, 2025
FAF 2025 returns to Fredrikstad, Norway with a full program celebrating the dynamic storytelling of global animation October 23-26.
Tagged With: Artificial Intelligence
A Creator’s Manifesto
The call to arms in the age of AI.
In AI, Art, Business, Technology, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: All
Chaos Releases V-Ray 7 for 3ds Max, Update 2
The leading renderer adds AI tools, astronomically accurate night skies, plus over a dozen new features.
In 3D, Business, CG, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Hitting One For The Home Team
The Cleveland Institute of Art’s new Interactive Media Lab has Disney DNA.
In Business, CG, Education and Training, Games, Immersive, People, Technology, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, VFXWorld | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: All
Ravel Expands Orchestrate AI Software, Launches Supermicro Turnkey AI System
New solutions aim to eliminate friction in deploying, managing, and scaling AI workloads from creative studios to data centers.
Boris FX Continuum Adds New AI VFX Tools
The 2025.5 release includes 4 new plugins, delivering AI-driven masking, image restoration, creative effects, and compositing tools.
In 3D, AI, Business, CG, People, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
SAG-AFTRA and Nickelodeon Reach Tentative Agreement
Deal between the union and network for their 2025 SAG-AFTRA/Nickelodeon Animation Studios Basic Cable Television Animation Agreement now heads to the National Board for review.
FMX 2025 Program to Explore Impact of AI
The killer conference starts next Tuesday; a variety of panels related to this year’s ‘Rhythm of Change’ theme now set, from the state of the industry and growth of AI to updates on ‘The Art of Animation’ and ‘Expanding Realities’ tracks.
In 2D, 3D, AR/VR/XR, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Films, Games, Immersive, Previs/Postvis/Visualization, Short Films, Technology, Television, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: All, Europe
Asteria, Animal Pictures Announce ‘Uncanny Valley’ Hybrid Feature
Director Natasha Lyonne co-writes and co-stars with Brit Marling, in collaboration with VR pioneer Jaron Lanier, to blend ethical AI with traditional filmmaking techniques.
In Acting, AI, CG, Digital Media, Films, People, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Dimension Studio Introduces AI Production Pipeline
The proof-of-concept animated short ‘Mara & Milo: Magic & Mayhem,’ which was created by the team in a matter of weeks, was produced to showcase the artist-directed workflow.
In 3D, AI, CG, People, Short Films, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Pocket Entertainment Launches Pocket Toons AI-Based Comics Platform
New platform utilizes company’s proprietary Blaze! AI studio to automate background rendering, scene composition, coloring, and quality control to allow artists to focus on storytelling and character development rather than production.
Wonder Dynamics Helps Boxel Studio Embrace Machine Learning and AI
By integrating the Wonder Studio cloud-based 3D animation and VFX technology into its production pipeline, the creative studio took advantage of new AI and machine-learning-based tools to create 134 creature shots in 6 weeks for the CW’s ‘Superman & Lois.’
Progress and the Cycle of Creativity
A gentle reminder to my animation colleagues.
In AI, Business, Jobs & Recruiting, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld | Blogs: Reality Bites | Geographic Region: All
Animaj Introduces ‘Sketch-to-Motion’ AI Tool
Tailored for high-end projects like the upcoming 'Pocoyo Season 6,' the software turns rough sketches, even rough storyboards, into fully-rendered 3D animations with one click.
In 2D, 3D, AI, CG, Films, People, Technology, Television | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Autodesk’s Wonder Dynamics Debuts New Wonder Studio AI Tool
Powered by Video to 3D Scene technology, the Wonder Animation tool turns any video sequence into a 3D-animated scene via AI reconstruction; the beta is available now to Wonder Studio users.
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Disney Establishes AI Oversight Unit for ‘Responsible’ Tech Research, Advancement
A newly-created Office of Technological Enablement will be headed by previous Walt Disney Studios CTO Jamie Voris, and will explore opportunities and risks associated with AI, mixed reality, and other current and emerging tech.
AMD Radeon GPUs Turbocharge New AI Tools in CG Software
From post-production VFX to rendering and retouching, key content creation applications are employing AI and machine learning features, coupled with the latest AMD GPUs, to greatly increase artist productivity by speeding up routine tasks without the need to upload commercially sensitive data to the cloud.
In 3D, Business, CG, People, Post-production, Technology, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
NVIDIA Releases New Tech Driver to Power Adobe’s AI Technologies for Creators
The latest NVIDIA RTX and GeForce RTX GPU accelerated technologies were revealed at the Adobe MAX creativity conference; the new NVIDIA Studio Driver is now available for download.
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Yellow Launches ‘AI Character Generator’
Now available to the public in Beta, the DAZ Studio plug in streamlines 3D character creation.
In 3D, AI, Business, CG, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Zibra AI Launches ZibraVDB
UE plugin brings film-quality, real-time volumetric VFX into games via GPU-powered compressed VFB effects.
Metaphysic Resurrects Eminem’s Alter Ego ‘Slim Shady’ in MTV Video Music Award Win
Eminem’s 1999 alter ego returns, via AI, live onstage at the ceremony and on the music icon’s ‘Houdini’ video, which scored the first VFX VMA honor for a digital character recreated in an AI-powered pipeline – watch it here!
Autodesk University 2024
Begins: October 15, 2024
AU 2024 runs October 15-17 in San Diego and invites artists and creative professionals to learn about emerging technologies, innovative techniques, and hear from leading industry experts both in-person and online.
In 3D, AI, AR/VR/XR, Art, Business, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Films, Games, Motion Graphics, Technology | Event Types: Conferences
BOXX Ups Tim Lawrence to CTO
Company founder takes on new role as the company experiences continued growth in professional workstation technology, AI systems and cloud computing.
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Pitch Black Names Paul Richards CTO
FuseFX, FOLKS, Rising Sun Pictures, and El Ranchito’s parent company taps industry veteran to further enhance and finalize its global platform and workflow integration.
In Business, CG, Jobs & Recruiting, People, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Shutterstock and NVIDIA’s Text-to-3D Modeler: A Helping Hand for Sleep-Deprived Artists
Releasing to the public in early fall, the asset platform company’s new gen AI-based service, drawing from its library of over 500,000 ethically-source 3D models and 650 million images, will provide creators the ability to generate elaborate new models in seconds, helping them simplify their early design process, bypass busywork, and focus on customizing and animating their characters.
