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    The Barriers to Storytelling Are Coming Down: New AI Tools from AU 2026

    There’s never been a better time to have a story you want to tell.  Not because storytelling got easy. It didn’t. Building a world. Animating a performance. Getting a shot right on set. Learning a complicated piece of software. All of it still takes real craftsmanship. But it’s starting to take a little less of something else: the years, and…

    Maya

  • Character Animation on a Deadline: How Pigmalion Animation Studio Uses Autodesk Flow Studio

    Starting an animation studio at 22 is ambitious anywhere. Doing it in Colombia, far from the industry’s traditional production hubs, adds another layer to the challenge. But Felipe Fierro has been finding his own way into animation for most of his life. He began studying Autodesk 3ds Max at an Autodesk Authorized Training Center at just 12…

    Flow Studio

  • Autodesk at TIFF: The Market – Making the Leap into Bigger Stories

    Emerging filmmakers are creating incredible work with small budgets, tight timelines, and a lot of ingenuity. But what happens when the opportunity comes to go bigger? Your dream project gets greenlit, the scale grows, and suddenly you need the tools and workflows to match your ambition. That’s what makes the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF):…

    Maya

  • Introducing 3D Editor + Canvas in Autodesk Flow Studio

    AI has made it easier than ever to generate compelling assets. In just a few prompts, you can create characters, environments, animations, and more. But generating assets is only the beginning. Turning those pieces into cohesive scenes — shaping performances, directing camera movement, and refining the final shot — too often means jumping between disconnected…

    Flow Studio
  • Actor on motion capture stage to collect animation data for Maya's Bring Your Own Data feature

    AI Doesn’t Have to Mean Generic Output: How MotionMaker’s ‘Bring Your Own Data’ Amplifies Stylized Animation

    Animation has always been about more than movement. It’s about style. The little details that make an artist’s or a studio’s work recognizable as their own. And that’s exactly what’s at stake as AI animation tools start showing up in professional pipelines, where there’s a real risk everything starts to feel the same.  But what if AI could amplify your style, rather than homogenize it?…

    Maya
  • Promotional poster for Buster Boone, featuring the animated cowboy character pointing a revolver-style weapon toward the viewer, along with film festival selections and animation credits for Giovanni Crocco.

    AI motion capture for beginners: How Autodesk Flow Studio helped a NJIT student gain portfolio recognition

    AI-assisted motion capture is changing how animation students learn and create. This article explores how New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) student Giovanni “Gio” Crocco used Autodesk Flow Studio and Autodesk Maya to streamline his animation workflow, iterate faster, and build a standout portfolio project using markerless motion capture.  With the Autodesk Flow Studio Education plan, eligible university students (18+) get access to everything included in the Lite tier, plus USD exports.  …

    Visual Effects

  • Autodesk at SIGGRAPH 2026: Everything Going On

    Join us at SIGGRAPH 2026 in Los Angeles as we explore the next frontier of entertainment. Discover how AI-powered tools, new ways of collaborating across teams, and next-generation animation and VFX workflows are helping artists create the way they want to create. Catch inspiring talks at the Autodesk Vision Series July 21-22 | Los Angeles…

    Events

  • Introducing Your New Home for Post-Production Review in Flow Production Tracking

    Every shot, asset, and animation tells a story. But before audiences ever see the final result, that work has likely gone through dozens, sometimes hundreds, of reviews. Notes are discussed, versions are compared, and stakeholders weigh in. Review isn’t simply a checkpoint, it’s where ideas evolve and creative decisions happen. Post-production teams using Flow Production…

    Animation

  • Philadelphia Has Always Had the Stories. Now It Has the Tools. 

    Introducing Frame Philly — a filmmaker lab powered by Autodesk Flow Studio  PHILADELPHIA, June 2026 — Autodesk today announced Frame Philly, a filmmaker lab and storytelling challenge developed in partnership with Travori Agency, Big Picture Alliance, and Maestro Filmworks. The initiative invites emerging Philadelphia filmmakers to create short films about their city, supported by production funding, professional crew coordination, casting,…

    Visual Effects

  • From Dream to Screen: Autodesk Film, TV & Games Showreel 2026

    This past year, dream projects stopped being dreams. They became stories we could see, play, and experience.  The return of a fox-and-bunny cop duo after a decade. A Super Bowl spot that brought the kind of creature work that usually only lives in film. A trailer for an original game IP about a definitely-not-haunted hotel, made by a team of ten.  Behind every project was a story artist, an…

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