A prominent piece of software used by Japanese animation house Studio Ghibli is about to go open source for independent animators. Known as Toonz, the software has played an important part in the ...

There are dozens of ways to enjoy hand-drawn media such as manga and webcomics nowadays, and their rise in popularity has inspired hundreds of creators to draw their own comics and art. However, with ...

I found VPaint while stumbling around the internet recently. A new graphics tool, I thought. It seemed exciting to me. But I soon realized VPaint is actually an old graphics tool, left in its ...

Animation is something many folks find exciting and would love to dabble in as a hobby. Some will go no further than creating stick men for social media entertainment, while others might go on to ...

The free, open-source program has a place in our guides to the best 3D modelling software and the best animation software.

Two years ago, Cartoon Brew interviewed Praxinos, a French company with the ambitious project of making a 2d animation software with Unreal Engine. In this update interview, co-founders Elodie Moog ...

Toonz, the software that animators at Studio Ghibli used for classics like Princess Mononoke, is going open source. Italian studio Digital Video made a deal with Japanese media company Dwango, ...

DIY storytellers hankering to make animated shorts despite an absence of actual drawing skills now have hope, thanks to free software that lets would-be Pixar auteurs put words in the mouths of ...