A core principle throughout the film was shaping light to guide the audience’s attention, maintain contact with character performance, and preserve a filmic sense of density and depth. Below, Hopkins ...

Google is testing an animation, where an image asset slides into the sponsored results listing. So it turns a pure search text ad into a text ad with an image that slides in from the right side of the ...

The Seville European Film Festival is taking a step toward mainstreaming animation, integrating animated titles throughout its lineup rather than cordoning them off in a single strand. The strategy ...

Netflix has announced Stranger Things: Tales From ‘85, an animated spinoff due out in 2026. In the teaser video, which shows snippets of footage, Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer reveal ...

I have a 12-year-old son, “Zach.” Zach gets excellent grades, so I was stunned when one of his science assignments came back as a zero. I asked him what on earth happened, and he told me that it was a ...

Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), the U.K.’s largest animation festival and the only Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying animation event in the country, has revealed its 2025 program. Running November 9–13 ...

Mets right-hander Kodai Senga is headed to the minors. On Friday, the Mets announced that Senga was being optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. Andy Martino of SNY reported that his minor league assignment ...

French animation exports fell again in 2024, continuing a downward trend despite the country’s audiovisual exports once again clearing the €200 million ($224M) mark in 2024, reaching €209.6 million ...

YouTube announced on Wednesday that it’s giving Shorts creators access to new generative AI features, including an image-to-video AI tool and new AI effects. The image to video feature lets users turn ...

The Marlins have reinstated catcher Rob Brantly from the 60-day injured list, per their transaction log at MLB.com. Rather than add him back to the active roster — Brantly is out of minor league ...

Why it matters: For decades, JPEG, PNG, and GIF have remained among the most popular image formats, even as newer options like WebP and AVIF have emerged. Now, PNG is getting its first meaningful ...