The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika Launch Animation Accelerator Program (EXCLUSIVE)

The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika have launched an animation accelerator program which is designed to support early and mid-career animators.
TechCrunch

After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on ‘maintenance mode’

Adobe is putting on hold its plan to discontinue Adobe Animate following intense backlash from its customers after it announced plans to shut down the 2D animation software amid an increased focus on ...
TechSpot

Adobe tries to kill Animate, then reverses course after industry backlash

Editor's take: Like many other software companies, Adobe is now almost exclusively focused on generative AI and other AI-based technologies. The "software-as-a-service" mantra is being pushed to ...
The Vancouver Sun

Vancouver animation program opens doors to key creative jobs

Women may outnumber men in animation schools, but the reported 60-40 gender split slips away in key creative roles out in the working world. “There are more women than men that go to animation school, ...
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After backlash, Adobe cancels Adobe Animate shutdown and puts app on 'maintenance mode'

After customer backlash, Adobe said it won’t fully discontinue Adobe Animate, as planned. The company this week announced it would shut down its 2D animation software, Adobe Animate, amid an increased ...
PC World

Adobe actually listened to its users: Animate isn’t going anywhere

Adobe reversed its decision to discontinue Animate after significant user backlash, placing the 2D animation software in maintenance mode instead. PCWorld reports that Animate, formerly known as Flash ...
GameSpot

Adobe Is Killing A Popular Animation And Game Development Program

Software giant Adobe sees many of its popular programs, such as Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere used in the creation of games and other popular entertainment media. Their programs factor into many ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Berlin Adds Chinese Animation ‘Light Pillar’ to Perspectives Lineup

Xu Zao’s sci-fi feature is set in the distant future in a nearly deserted film studio. By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief The film, which mixes live action and animated sequences, is set in a ...
Westword

Mile High Animation Receives $10,000 Grant to Fund Free Animation Courses for All Ages

The Denver Creates fund has awarded a local animation studio a $10,000 grant to offer free animation courses to kids and adults. Since 2023, Mile High Animation has offered a summer camp and workshop ...
AOL

Ibermedia Next: 5 Takes On How the New-Tech Program Has Changed Animation and Animators in Latin America, Spain and Portugal

In 2023, Ibermedia, the biggest pan-regional co-development, co-production and distribution fund focusing on Latin America, Spain and Portugal, came to Ventana Sur to announce the 14 winners of the ...
Los Angeles Times

Animation program will not return to Fountain Valley High School this year

The animation program will not be continuing at Fountain Valley High School this 2023-2024 school year. Jundek Jong, the previous animation teacher, did not return to FVHS this school year, and no ...
Westword

ASIFA-Colorado Celebrates International Animation Day With All-Ages Event

International Animation Day was officially October 28, but the celebration isn’t over for the Colorado Chapter of ASIFA. The international film association, known by its French name (Association ...