computer animation, form of animated graphics using computers that replaced both “stop-motion” animation of scale-model puppets and hand-drawn animation of drawings. Efforts to lessen the …

Dec 19, 2025 · Animation is the art of making inanimate objects appear to move. Today, animation is used across movies, television, and other media, though its roots are, arguably, in the ancient world.

Reorganizing to accommodate its new creative focus, Pixar spent much of the next several years working on Toy Story, which opened in theaters in 1995 as the first entirely computer-animated …

The technique of using real-life movement for animation can be traced back to the early 1910s and the invention of rotoscoping, in which an actor is filmed and then drawn over by animators frame by …

DreamWorks Animation originated as a division of DreamWorks SKG, a company founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (the “S,” “K,” and “G” of the company name).

Dec 26, 2025 · Computer graphics, production of images on computers for use in any medium. Images used in the graphic design of printed material are frequently produced on computers, as are the still …

Trace the history of the development of animation from the mid-1850s to the late 20th century The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Dec 5, 2025 · Adobe Flash, animation software produced by Adobe Systems Incorporated from 2005 to 2020. The development of Adobe Flash software can be traced back to American software developer …

Scientists use computer animation to show things that people cannot easily see in real life. Such things include the movement of the solar system, weather patterns, and the inside of the human body.

With the development of computer technology, many animated films and TV shows have been made from computer-generated images (CGI; also known simply as computer animation).