Celebrating Animation Excellence: Highlights from the Animation Masters Summit 2023
The Animation Masters Summit, presented by Toonz Media Group in collaboration with ToonBoom, AVXRG Nepal, and esteemed partners such as ASIFA India, WIA, MESC, SAIK, Animation Express, Technopark, and HiPoint Connect, made a triumphant return on May 12th and 13th, 2023. After a prolonged wait during the pandemic, the summit came back stronger than...
Character Animation : A History of Design and Innovation
Animation has come a long way since its earliest days of hand-drawn animations with simple lines that produced moving visuals. The development of animation from those early stages to photorealistic characters in contemporary animation is a journey worth remembering. This article traces the evolution of character animation from hand-drawn to digital and how the...
The Future of Animation Distribution: How Streaming and Other Digital Platforms are Changing the Industry
Animation is one of the best ways to portray your imagination and expand your creativity horizon. It is increasingly being applied to expand businesses in a majority of industries including entertainment, education, gaming, advertising, communication and various other sectors. Advancements in technology and the communication sector are driving growth in the animation industry at a...
2023 Metaverse & Beyond: More Virtual Experiences and Trending NFTs and Games
There has been an immersive evolution ongoing since the turn of this decade and this augmented and mixed-reality enhancement is expected to make daily life better for people in many ways. About half a billion people globally are expected to be living in a more refined and more immersive virtual metaverse world by 2040....
The Success Story of OTT Platforms
OTT platforms got hugely popular during Covid era and rose to a new high as lockdowns forced people to switch from cinema halls to OTTs for entertainment. Ever since then, there has been no turning back for OTT platforms. Even filmmakers have realized the profitability of releasing their new productions on an OTT platform...
How will Web 3.0 Benefit Our Lives?
The World Wide Web was first developed in 1989 by Tim Berners-Lee and since then, it has become an intrinsic way of life for millions of people around the globe. As with all good things, the Web too has been evolving over the years and currently stands on the brink of implementation of Web...
Can AI Replace Artists?
With rapid technological advancements, there are more machines and appliances available to do chores which are repetitive and menial, as such chores do not require sophisticated intelligence. While computers have been around for a long time, it’s the application of AI for computer-generated art that’s been giving sleepless nights to many artists. Artificial Intelligence in...
NFT Trends That Could Change The World in 2022
The massive growth in NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and cryptocurrencies has changed a lot of things in our life including web experiences, buying and selling of art digitally and so on. As compared to previous decades, the year 2022 will be remembered for the shift towards virtual real estate (Metaverse), virtual markets and the way...
Gaming Trends That Are Going to Rule the Industry
Recent Trends That Will Shape The Gaming Industry The COVID-19 pandemic inadvertently led to a tremendous growth in the gaming industry, as people had to stay home to be safe. Movies and online gaming became major sources of entertainment and the implementation of newer technologies in game production led to radical transformations, making online gaming...
Animation Pipeline with Game Engines
A successful animation pipeline using game engines as the base will involve techno-creative professionals from different fields who are equipped with necessary hardware and software resources. They work together in a sequential manner to complete the task within a specified timeline. It requires a lot of skill in planning, time management and field expertise to...
