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The Pantone Colour of the Year 2019 is 'Living Coral'
As predicted in the autumn, the new Pantone Colour of the Year is a 'life-affirming shade of orange with a golden undertone'. But not THAT shade of orange.
Animation & VFX Guide
All the latest news, in-depth features, tutorials and tech reviews related to Animation & Motion Graphics
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A 3D spin on The Muppets captures the spirit of Jim Henson for a new generation
The creators behind the Muppet Babies reboot reveal the inspiration of Jim Henson and how some very clever tech was created using the original puppets.
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34 tips for turning your art and graphics into amazing animated GIFs
6 illustrators reveal how to turn artworks into fun, charming, powerful or hilarious animated GIFs in Illustrator, Photoshop or After Effects.
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Celebrate 20 years of The Powerpuff Girls with these super duper tribute pieces
Global artists make some loving fanart in honour of the Cartoon Network classic - and open up on what the show means to them as creators.
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Beatles artwork comes to life in Trunk's inventive anniversary videos for the White Album
Celebrate 50 years of the Beatles' White Album with two inventive new videos made by Trunk for some of the album's most beloved tracks.
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The 12 best apps for drawing and painting on your iPad
Here's our expert pick of the best iPad apps for artists including Affinity Designer, the latest version of Procreate, Autodesk Sketchbook Pro, Comic Draw and more.
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An eerie Poe classic is brought to life for Instagram by Studio AKA
Studio AKA animate Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven for a new series of 'Insta Novels' from The New York Public Library.
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Celebrate Halloween with this spooky FX reel from Zoic Studios
Zoic Studios put together their most gruesome and beastly moments just in time for Halloween.
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Jorge Gutiérrez on the Power Being Autistic Brings to his Creativity
The director of The Book of Life and animated shows for Nickelodeon and Netflix discusses being autistic, mixing Mexican culture with sci-fi and kung fu, and how he stays positive in the face of cancelled projects.
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Previs in 2018: How new tech has changed how Hollywood films and TV shows like Game of Thrones are made
The Third Floor's Michelle Blok tells us about how VR and other new technologies are changing how previs is used on major TV shows and Hollywood movies including Mission Impossible: Fallout.
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You can now buy prints of Jurassic Park's classic dinosaur scenes
A chance to own your own memento from this cinematic milestone in VFX history.
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How the brilliant, moving Oscar-nominated film The Breadwinner was visually brought to life
As The Breadwinner has its home release, we speak to director Nora Twomey about its combination of simplified character design, subtly telling animation and powerful storytelling.
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Animation tutorial: Create real-time animation for VJing and other live events
This motion graphics tutorial will teach you how to create a live motion-graphics setup for VJing, or any other live event where you want to ‘play’ visuals to match music or a performance – from a gig or club night to a dance show or conference.
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How Framestore created the 60s-style spaceship in Black Mirror Season 4's 'USS Calister'
The VFX house created the USS Callister, the Arachnajax beast and space environments for the Emmy-winning episode.
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Cinema 4D R20 is out now, adding impressive new modelling, materials and rendering features
Even in its 20th incarnation, Maxon's 3D suite gains big new tools.
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Aardman's new trailer for 11-11: Memories Retold gives a closer look at the game’s 'animated watercolour' feel
With a new story trailer online, it's clear 11-11: Memories Retold will be more of a Wilfred Owen poem than a Battlefield shooter.
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How AI is powering groundbreaking Photoshop and Premiere plugins
Machine learning has allowed the likes of Nvidia to make tasks like object removal, noise reduction and up-rezing much, much easier.
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New Nvidia graphics cards offer 'industry-changing' real-time raytracing on your computer for the first time
The new Turing architecture and Quadro RTX cards based on it that will revolutionise how 3D artists work, says Nvidia.
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Siggraph 2018's hottest new tech for 3D, animation and VFX
From super-powerful graphics cards and laptops for artists and designers to some more unusual launches.
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The Meg's VFX supervisor talks bringing extinct giants and hidden worlds to life
Adrian de Wet on making the giant shark creature that eats up the screen in new blockbuster The Meg.
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Ant-Man and the Wasp director Peyton Reed on breaking VFX ground in the new Marvel sequel
The MCU director talks besting the Russos and bringing crazy ideas to life through VFX, with a look behind key scenes from the superhero sequel.
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How to do 3D motion capture using the iPhone X camera
New third-party apps and creative methods allow you to create something far removed from the world of Animoji & Memoji.
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Guillaume Kurkdjian's wonderful animations for Lyft show why brands should trust artists
Lyft's new campaign came from trusting creator Guillaume Kurkdjian, resulting in some delightful GIF work that fizzes with life and energy.
