Disciplines Archives - Page 2 of 11

On Mass Effect Andromeda’s Dialogue Animation

March 24th, 2017

I took to twitter yesterday to better explain dialogue animation in RPGs based on my own experience, frustrated by attacks on a sole animator who may or may not...

Facial Animation1225 views

UE4 Animation and Physics Technical Showcase

March 15th, 2017

In this GDC 2017 session, members of the Unreal Engine 4 development team demonstrate several exciting upcoming animation and physics features for the engine. T...

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The Last Guardian: Cutscene Storyboards

January 6th, 2017

(The storyboards below contain spoilers for the game's closing story cinematics.) Following on from last month's collection of Ico' animation production draw...

Cutscene Animation726 views

The Last Of Us 2 Facial Motion Capture Technology

December 28th, 2016

This excerpt from The Last of Us Part II - PSX 2016: Panel Discussion shows the latest facial mocap technique we're using, (in concert with the talented technol...

Facial Animation1009 views

Game Designers On Cutscenes

November 15th, 2016

Varying opinions on the use of cutscenes as a storytelling method in games from game designers past and present. While I don't agree with all of them it is inte...

Cutscene Animation288 views

Marmoset Hexels 2.5

November 9th, 2016

The Marmoset Hexels 2.5 update has a raft of animation features such as transformation tools, curve editing and post processing shaders. https://vimeo.com/18...

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Bloxels: Pixel Art Game Creation For Kids

November 2nd, 2016

Keeping with the kid-friendly theme of the previous post, Bloxels is a game-creation platform with a tactile pixel-art interface. Definitely something to add to...

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Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II

October 31st, 2016

One for the kids; Butterfly: Inchworm Animation II released last week as the follow-up to the 2011 Nintendo 3DS animation software allowing children access to a...

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Unreal Engine: Animation Features Update

October 21st, 2016

Jeremy Ernst, Jurre de Baare, Lina Halper and Benn Galagher discuss the new animation features in the 4.13 build of Unreal Engine. They explore Alembic Vertex A...

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Unity 5.5 Animation Window Updates

September 28th, 2016

Currently still in Beta, these updates to key manipulation controls in the animation windows look to be taking the better elements of digital content creation p...

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Allright Rig: Free Unreal Engine 4 Animation Rig

September 21st, 2016

A beneficiary of Epic's Unreal Dev Grant, Allright Rig is a free "expandable nodes and macros library for automatic creation of character rigs and working with ...

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Autodesk 2016 Games Reel

July 11th, 2016

The Autodesk 2016 games reel, highlighting the very cutting edge of pre-rendered an ingame art and animation created with their creative suite, finishes with Un...

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Features

The 12 Principles Of Animation (In Video Games)

Interactive Cinematics In Uncharted 4

The Last Guardian: Procedural Animation

Making Of

Animating The Aliens Of XCOM 2

How Blizzard Created Warcraft III’s Classic Cinematics

Detroit: Become Human – Mocap Behind-The-Scenes

Learn

2019 Animation Tricks Of The Trade

The 2019 GDC Animation Microtalks

Bringing Orphea To Heroes Of The Storm

Disciplines

New Animation Features In Unreal Engine

Animating Weapons For Battlefield V

Cascadeur: Physics-Based Animation Software

Misc.

Earthworm Jim: Animation Line Drawings

BAFTA Games Awards Announces Dedicated Animation Category

The Game Anim Awards 2018