Although the civil lawsuit was eventually settled before trial, the dueling reenactments, which employ computer-animation techniques pioneered by Hollywood movie studios, demonstrate just how ...

There are various 2D animation techniques. Traditionally, artists would draw characters and backgrounds by hand, scan them into a computer and then layer them to create the moving image.

The performance capture-based film blends live action and computer animation techniques, meaning that no one is quite certain whether it will qualify in the competition for best animated film or ...

In addition to traditional computer animation techniques, these animators employ storytelling skills in their game designs, as well as movie production skills such as lighting, texture, and movement.

Ed Catmull, the Pixar Animation Studios co-founder who helped pioneer the computer-animation industry and led Walt Disney Co.’s animation business to its contemporary renaissance, is retiring.

Training and education prepare an artist to use animation techniques to bring drawings to life. Animators can work for a company or as a freelance artist providing images for businesses.

This mimics how computer animation threatened to replace hand-drawn animation techniques.