In honor of the 30th anniversary of the John Lasseter film Toy Story, the first fully computer-animated feature film, we’re taking a look at early CGI milestones in the days before Toy Story. But ...

Pixar was the first studio to release a computer-animated feature. The company's commitment to storytelling is key to its success. Twenty years ago, moviegoers witnessed the birth of a new filmmaking ...

I recently visited The University of Southern California to talk with Tom Sito about his new book Moving Innovation. The book is a great historical record of the history of modern computer animation.

Introduction -- Film and television at the dawn of the digital revolution -- Analog dreams : bohemians, beatniks, and the Whitneys -- Spook work : the government and the military -- Academia -- Xerox ...

Part 1. Origins of animation -- Chapter 1. Setting the scene for animation. Early innovations in simulating movement ; The printing press and comic strips ; The impact of photography on studies of ...

Computer animation or CGI animation is the process used for generating animated images by using computer graphics. The more general term computer-generated imagery encompasses both static scenes and ...