Neowin News Feed for: Animation

Adobe Animate is not dead, company reverses action after widespread backlash

Aditya Tiwari — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:44:02 +0000

It appears Adobe couldn't handle the widespread criticism around Animate and decided to keep the animation software alive. Read more...

Adobe Animate: 30-year-old animation software shuts down, angers customers

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 06:22:02 +0000

Adobe has disappointed users by announcing the shutdown of one of its most popular products, which has been around for over three decades. Read more...

This may be how smooth app-switching animations in One UI 7 could look like

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:40:02 +0000

A video has been leaked online showing off the app-switching animations in the Android 15-based One UI 7 would look like. Read more...

One UI animations to get better with the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 05:08:02 +0000

The latest leak suggests that One UI animations will be redesigned and become more natural to complement the design changes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, expected to debut early next year. Read more...

Behind-the-Scenes: North Korean animators secretly work on Amazon and HBO Max shows

Fiza Ali — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 22:18:01 +0000

Research shows that North Korean animators are secretly contributing to major TV shows including those from Amazon and HBO Max among others, revealing a hidden facet of international TV production. Read more...

Here's when and where you can watch Netflix DROP 01 global live stream

Aditya Tiwari — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 18:00:01 +0000

Netflix will drop some new anime surprises, announcements, and sneak peeks this week. The streaming giant will livestream its first-ever DROP 01 global virtual event on September 27. Read more...

New NVIDIA Studio Laptops debut from ASUS, GIGABYTE, Samsung with GeForce RTX 4000 GPUs

Fiza Ali — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 16:36:01 +0000

NVIDIA's new lineup of Studio laptops, including laptops from ASUS, GIGABYTE, and Samsung, are "thinner, lighter, quieter". They are powered by GeForce RTX 4070, 4060, and 4050 Laptop GPUs. Read more...

Microsoft is significantly reducing cold boot time on Xbox Series X|S

Usama Jawad — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:40:01 +0000

Microsoft is working on improvements for the cold boot start time in Xbox Series X|S consoles. The boot up animation has been reduced by five seconds, resulting in a 25% faster cold boot overall. Read more...

Netflix plans to buy studio that worked on Happy Feet and The LEGO Movies

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:01:35 +0000

Netflix is planning to acquire Animal Logic, the animation studio behind films like Happy Feet and The LEGO Movies. This enables Netflix to offer competitive animated content on its platform. Read more...

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Neowin Deals — Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:00:02 +0000

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News Staff — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 16:46:01 +0000

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This Complete Beginner's Guide to Animation Bundle is 95% off for just $24.99

News Staff — Fri, 05 Jun 2020 16:46:02 +0000

With today's highlighted deal, you can get 17+ hours of instruction on using key Adobe tools like After Effects, Illustrator and Premiere Pro to become a pro animator. Get via neowiun Deals! Read more...

Netflix to create an animated series based on LINE FRIENDS's 'Brown & Friends' stickers

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 12 Dec 2019 08:44:02 +0000

Netflix announced in a press release that it would be partnering with the popular Japanese messaging service to create an original animated series based on Brown & Friends stickers. Read more...

This Complete Beginner's Guide to Animation Bundle is now at 95% off

News Staff — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 16:00:01 +0000

With today's highlighted deal you can get 17+ hours of instruction on using key Adobe tools like After Effects, Illustrator & Premiere Pro to become a Pro animator. Get it via today Neowin Deals! Read more...

CYBER MONDAY: Lifetime of School of Game Design now only $35.40 with promo code

News Staff — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:00:01 +0000

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Lifetime membership to the School of Game Design now only $35.40 with promo code

News Staff — Fri, 23 Nov 2018 20:00:01 +0000

With today's deal, save almost $6,000 off a lifetime membership to School of Game Design. Turn your love of gaming into a career with this extensive training library via Neowin Deals. Read more...

Get a lifetime subscription to this Animatron Studio Pro Plan for only $49.99

News Staff — Mon, 20 Aug 2018 16:00:02 +0000

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Blender 2.78c

Razvan Serea — Tue, 28 Feb 2017 12:08:01 +0000

Blender is an integrated application that enables the creation of a broad range of 2D and 3D content. Blender provides a broad spectrum of modeling, texturing, lighting, animation and video. Read more...

Windows Hello authentication reportedly quicker in Windows 10 Mobile Creators Update

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:00:01 +0000

According to a new report, Microsoft may be looking to make Windows Hello authentication faster on Windows 10 Mobile devices, by removing a rather useless "winking" animation in the Creators Update. Read more...

Here's an Xbox One brand identity animation that was rejected

Usama Jawad — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 06:46:01 +0000

The Xbox One brand identity animation went through several redesigns and modifications before approval. Now, a video has surfaced online showcasing an animation that was rejected by Microsoft. Read more...

Photoshop alternative Krita 3.0 released, meeting most of its Kickstarter promises

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Jun 2016 05:44:02 +0000

Krita 3.0 has been released, realising the goals of its successful Kickstarter campaign which it ran last year. Some of the stretch goals were delayed until the 3.1 release due later this year. Read more...

Windows 10 10130: Cortana onboarding process updated, notification animation refined

Brad Sams — Sat, 30 May 2015 15:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new build of Windows 10, 10130 and with this release the company has updated the interface for turning on Cortana and refined the notification animation too. Read more...

Kickstarter Week in Review: Animation, oil check, and iPhone music

Christopher White — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:29:47 +0000

Kickstarter is a site that gives people with product ideas a place to pitch their offerings to people who want to donate to their cause. While donators aren’t investing in the idea, they are given... Read more...

Zuckerberg to become animated film character

Matthew Jones — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:03:25 +0000

First there was ''The Social Network''. Now, Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will be getting the comic book treatment from two US production companies. Hayden 5 Media and Bluewater Productions plan to create an animated... Read more...

How the Windows 7 start up animation evolved

Tom Warren — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:44:24 +0000

Microsoft has published a QnA session with Rolf Ebeling, the man responsible for the Windows 7 start up animation. The latest QnA is the third in a series of seven that Microsoft is calling "Seven... Read more...

Nintendo drawn into big-screen animation

Tue, 30 Nov 2004 22:37:14 +0000

According to the Nikkei Journal, Nintendo has announced that it will enter the movie business and produce its own animated motion pictures. Its first movie is slated for release in theaters in 2006. ... Read more...

PowerPoint Animation Player

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 04 Feb 2003 01:07:21 +0000

File Name: axplayer.exe -Download Size: 834 KB - Date Published: 2/3/2003 - Version: 4.71.410.0 Overview The PowerPoint Animation Player allows you to view PowerPoint animated Web pages in a Web browser whether... Read more...