Hype 1.6 is a free upgrade for existing customers via the Mac App Store, and $50 for new buyers. A free trial is available from Tumult’s website. The app requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later.

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And it was surely also the first Oscar winner to be made entirely in the free 3D modelling software Blender, cementing the open-source program's place among the best animation software.

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Even as many onlookers declare HTML5 adoption the beginning of the end for Adobe's once-ubiquitous Flash platform, the company has embraced the web standard through properties like its Creative ...

You may not have heard of Toonz animation software, but you've no doubt seen work it was used in: Studio Ghibli films like Spirited Away and Tale of the Princess Kaguya (above), or the animated ...

Want to learn how to animate, but don't have any money? The famous French animation school Gobelins has a program for you.

Last September, Google launched Web Designer, a free tool for Mac, Windows and Linux that makes it easy for anybody to build interactive HTML5 sites and ads. Since its launch, Web Designer got a ...