In June, Rovio acquired Kombo, the Finnish animation studio, to expand its in-house animation capabilities and it recently secured a grant from the Finnish Film Foundation to start planning its first full length animation film.

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While Amorphium lets you add some basic motion to scenes, it's not a full-blown animation package along the lines of Kinetix's 3D Studio Max.

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Thus when Viacom licenses Rugrats toothpaste and Rugrats macaroni cheese, it both makes money and promotes the direct-to-video movie launched last year and the full-blown animation feature due out later this year.

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Eyes are notoriously difficult to capture properly in computer animation, as anyone who has seen Beowulf knows full well, but are absolutely integral in transforming an animation into something alive.

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The GF6 is more than an interchangeable lens camera...it's a creative magic box full of features including the new Self Shot, Creative Panorama, and Stop Motion Animation, in addition to the popular Creative Control mode that boasts 19 fascinating filter effects.

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Animation is the heart and soul of Disney and our successful creative resurgence will be on full display this weekend when Wreck-It-Ralph opens in theaters across the country.

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