Computer animation

Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. Increasingly it is created by means of 3D computer graphics, though 2D computer graphics are still widely used. Sometimes the target of the animation is the computer itself, sometimes the target is another medium, such as film.

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Applications

• ArtOfIllusion Modeller (Java-based Open Source modelling package with tutorials)
• Blender (A very powerful and free modelling/rendering package) (see Blender (software))

Studios employing computer animation

• Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age, Robots)
• Mainframe Entertainment (Beast Wars, Reboot, Shadow Raiders)
• PDI Dreamworks formerly Pacific Data Images (ANTZ, Shrek)
• Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story, Monsters Inc., A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, etc.)
• Rhythm and Hues Studios (Babe, Mouse Hunt, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Charlotte's Web, Superman Returns)