Computers and computer technologies are important in a number of facets of motion picture production. Prior to computerization, animation and graphics relied solely on the technique of stop motion--where hand drawing or painting of many, slightly...

Even a basic understanding of the technology, the complex mathematics (expedited by computer software), and the hours of manpower behind the making of a movie such as Toy Story (1995) or A Bug's Life (1998) could change the way a viewer watches...

See also: Computer-generated imagery Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. Increasingly it is created by means of 3D computer graphics, though 2D computer...

Isaiah Washington, who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through DNA testing, has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the Atlantic slave trade.The "Grey's Anatomy" star started a nonprofit foundation last year to improve the lives of people in...

Isaiah Washington, who traced his ancestral roots to Sierra Leone through DNA testing, has donated $25,000 to a computer animation project that aims to detail the Atlantic slave trade.The "Grey's Anatomy" star started a nonprofit foundation last year to improve the lives of people in...

George Miller thought an adorable talking pig might be his ticket to an Academy Award a decade ago. He had to wait for some adorable singing and dancing penguins to bring his Oscar home.Miller, creator of the barnyard charmer "Babe" that was a surprise best-picture...

It was a quarter-century in the making but then again, nothing is easy for cartoon heroes such as Tintin.Steven Spielberg's DreamWorks, a division of Viacom Inc., has committed to produce at least one movie about the adventures of the intrepid Belgian reporter, said Nick Rodwell,...