Facebook as a maker of animation tools? It happened today. The company just announced a major upgrade to its virtual reality drawing tool, Quill, introducing animation capabilities into the software.

The landscape of animation has undergone a significant shift in 2024, with AI-powered tools at the forefront of this change. These innovative applications have opened up new possibilities for ...

Animate's distinctive vector animation tools will no longer be available for purchase as of March.

In my quest to find the next best Adobe replacements, I embarked on a journey to discover an animation tool that would work for me. While there are tons of weird animation and video tools available, I ...

Pencil is a very realistic sketching program and good 2D animation tool for the cost (free). Think of Pencil (free) as an animator’s digital sketchbook. It’s 2D; you can sketch things very well, then ...

For those interested in creating 3D art directly in VR, the update to Facebook's Quill released today should be good news. The update includes new animation tools like free frame-by-frame redrawing, ...

After having declared last year that the app would receive no future updates, Facebook is delivering a big update to its VR painting tool Quill. The update expands on Quill’s initial promise, ...

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, AI art generators have made their way into the world of artistry, providing a wealth of tools to generate flat 2D images. These tools have redefined the ...

Cryptic Studios, best known for their work on superhero genre of MMOs like City of Heroes / Villains, has announced that the Cryptic Animation Rig (Cryptic AR) is now available free for download.

So far in our series Tools Of The Trade, industry artists and filmmakers have spoken about their preferred tool on a recent project, whether digital or physical. This week we’re tweaking the format: ...