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2D Animation Studios: Services and Creative Process

Discover how 2d animation studios shape entertainment, gaming, and advertising with creativity, storytelling, and cutting-edge tools.

Windows 11's Paint app could soon create animations for you with AI, and boast a Nano Banana-style 'generative edit'

Windows AI Labs is offering some experimental capabilities for Paint, which look powerful - if rough around the edges.
Windows Report

Windows 11 Paint App Adds AI Animation and Image Editing Tools

For some time now, Microsoft has been shifting its focus toward integrating AI across its core apps. From Word and Photos to ...
eWeek

Best AI Tools for Fans of Horror Films

Find your next favorite fright with a little help from AI. These creative tools make horror more imaginative, accessible, and ...

Creators of ‘KPop Demon Hunters,’ ‘The Bad Guys,’ ‘In Your Dreams’ and ‘The Willoughbys’ Take on the Future of Storytelling

At View Conference, top directors from DreamWorks, Netflix and Sony discuss how real-time tools, fan culture and AI are ...

How to draw in Google Docs using the built-in 'Drawing' tool, to add customized drawings to your documents

It's possible to draw in Google Docs directly to add an artistic touch to your documents. Here's what you need to know to do ...
Cineuropa

MIA explores how game engines and AI are reshaping animation workflows

AI was not demonised but framed as a "supportive" tool to be handled responsibly, whilst game engines are increasingly ...

Tilly Norwood Is “an AI Tool, Not a Performer” Says U.K. Acting Union Equity: “We Are Concerned About Where That Work Has Come From”

The British union has weighed in on the debate over the computer-generated actress that has rattled Hollywood.

Nvidia is letting anyone use its AI voice animation tech

Nvidia is open sourcing Audio2Face, its AI tool that generates facial animations for 3D avatars based on audio input.
PC Gamer

Nvidia's gen-AI facial animation tech is going open source, potentially making it much easier for game devs to turn real-time speech into convincing characters

Nvidia has announced that its Audio2Face animation technology is going open source. On paper, that should make it much easier for a wide range of game developers to create AI characters with ...

OpenAI won’t say whose content trained its video tool. We found some clues.

Tests by The Washington Post show OpenAI’s video generator Sora can mimic Netflix shows, TikTok clips and movies, suggesting ...
The Globe and Mail

Back to the drawing board

During the darkest months of COVID-19 lockdowns, the creative forces behind the animation industry were working harder than perhaps ever before. Karen Jackson, a Toronto surfacing artist and ...