Animation & 3D Tools

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Definition

Animation encapsulates the creative artistry and applied technology of setting any kind of visual images into motion. Animation artists and technicians use tools to create and publish animated content in video games, TV shows, commercial advertisements, and major motion pictures. Tools in this category include updated versions of "old school" animation methods such as flip-books and stop-motion, animation software for 2D and 3D, live-action motion capture, photo-realistic rendering software, GIFs, CGI and emerging tech.

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3D Slash is an easy-to-use 3D modeling tool featuring a unique "slashing a cube" interface. 3D Slash is on a mission to make 3D creation accessible for design thinking, prototyping, scale modeling and digital entertainment. It is also used as an educ...
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3ds Max is leading 3D software for modeling, animation, and rendering that allows you to create massive worlds in games, stunning scenes for design visualization and more. With tools to expertly shape and define, 3ds Max is modeling software that ena...
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By Adobe
Adobe After Effects, part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, is an animation and creative compositing application used to deliver motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video, and web. Create cinematic movie titles, intros, and transitions. Re...
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By Adobe
Animate, part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, is a tool to design interactive animations for games and the web. It can create interactive web banners that respond to user interactions such as mouse movement, touch, and clicks as well as add action to eL...
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By Adobe
Adobe Dimension gives graphic designers the power and flexibility of 3D with the ease and simplicity of working with 2D. Dimension enables graphic designers to quickly create and iterate on photorealistic 3D images to realize branding and packaging d...
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Animaker is a DIY video making application. Animaker is home to the largest collection of animated characters, properties, BGs, icons, charts and maps in the world. Animaker allows you to think beyond the boundaries and create the ideal video for you...
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Animatron is a universal animation maker for small businesses and agencies. Create HTML5 and video animation for explainer videos, presentations, and more.
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Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and game creation. Blender features a powerful unbia...
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By INDE
The BroadcastAR system installs a customizable, interactive 3D Augmented Reality experience on any screen large or small. It creates a unique media platform capable of attracting, engaging and educating individuals and groups, through a mixture of t...
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By Adobe
Character Animator, part of the Adobe Creative Cloud, uses your expressions and movements to animate characters in real time. Using a webcam and microphone, Character Animator creates automatic lip sync and face and body tracking powered by Adobe Sen...
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