Reference
- Animation Meat
Templates, notes and model sheets
- Animation Magazine
News, business, technology and art of animation
- Line Boil
A daily bowl of hot animation
- AWNtv
Shorts, webisodes, trailers and clips.
- AWN
Animation World Network. The largest animation-related publishing group on the web.
- The Animation Show
A showcase for the world’s greatest independent animated short films.
- CG Society
A global organization for creative digital artists.
- Imagine Animation
News, information, online directory and networking areas for animation professionals.
- C4D Cafe
One of the biggest Cinema 4D communities
- Base 80
Tips & Tricks, Textures and Tutorials for Cinema4d and Xpresso
Training
- California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA. USA
- Ringling College of Art + Design
Sarasota, FL. USA
- Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CS. USA
- Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Hollywood, CA. USA
- The Bakshi School of Animation
Silver City, NM. USA
- The Los Angeles Film School
Hollywood, CA. USA
- University of Melbourne School of Film & Television
Melbourne, Victoria. Australia
- Vancouver Film School
Vancouver, BC. Canada
- Vancouver Institute of Media Arts
Vancouver, BC. Canada
- Nihon Kogakuin College
Tokyo, Japan
- Universidad de Artes Digitales
Guadalajara, Mexico
- Netherlands Institute for Animation Film
Tilburg, The Netherlands
- SAE Institute Cape Town
Cape Town, South Africa
- Escape Studios
London, United Kingdom
- Bristol School of Animation
Bristol, United Kingdom
- Central Saint Martins
London, United Kingdom
- National Film & Television School
London, United Kingdom
- Royal College of Arts
London, United Kingdom
- Gobelins — l’ecole de l’Image
Paris, France
- Leeds Animation Workshop
Leeds, United Kingdom
- SUPINFOCOM
Aulnoy lez Valencien, France
- MAXON Cineversity
Online based
- Animation Mentor
Online based
- Animation Magazine School Guide
Comprehensive list of animation schools around the world.
- AWN School Database
Over 900 schools in 54 countries
Communities
- Animation Nation
The voice of the animation industry.
- Cold Hard Flash
Focusing on TV series, films and online shorts produced using Flash.
- Toon Zone
Discussion of the animation industry, trends and production.
- Stop Motion Animation
Message board o stop motion run by Anthony Scott.
- AWN Forum
Animation World Network forum.
- The Animation Show Forums
The community side of the Animation Show people.
- The Drawing Board
- CG Talk
Forums of the CGSociety — Society of Digital Artists
- Imagine Animation
News, information, online directory and networking areas for animation professionals.
- C4D Cafe
One of the biggest Cinema 4D communities
Tutorials
- Steven Ryan
A couple of Toon Boom tutorials
- C4D Cafe
One of the biggest Cinema 4D communities
- Creative Cow
The mighty CC has some interesting Character animation tutorials.
- Digital Tutors
Innovator and leader in video-based training for emerging digital artists
- Base 80
Tips & Tricks, Textures and Tutorials for Cinema4d and Xpresso
- Cactus 3D Tutorials
CD Plugins — character rigging Tutorials
- Digital Arts
Nifty character rigging workflow for After Effects
Software Sculpting
- Luxology Modo
Fast modeling, painting and rendering.
- Blender
Free open source 3D content creation suite.
- Pixologic ZBrush
Digital sculpting and painting application.
- Autodesk Mudbox
Toolset for creating ultra-realistic high-poly 3D models.
Software 2D
- Toon Boom Storyboard
Paperless story-boarding.
- Toon Boom studio
Ideal for students and hobbyists looking for an easy-to-use, multi-technique animation software.
- NewtTek LightWave
A complete modeling, rendering and animation system widely used in TV series and architecture.
- Toonz
Paperless animation, storyboarding and production workflows.
- Monkey Jam
PC only pencil test application. Can also be used for stop motion.
- Magpie Pro
Professional lip-sync and timing tool for 2D, 3D and Stop Motion animation.
- Lipsync MX
Application that computes lip synchronization by using sound files and predefined mouth shape images.
- Anime Studio Pro
The all-in-one animation tool for animators and digital artists.
Software 3D
- Autodesk Maya
Powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, visual effects and rendering application.
- Adobe Flash
Easy to get into animation software. If you’re geeky enough you can stretch into the interactivity realms.
- Autodesk 3ds Max
Modeling, animation and rendering application widely used in games.
- Adobe After Effects
Aimed at the VFX industry, this is an overqualified 2D animation tool.
- Cinema 4D
Easy to use, professional 3D animation software
- Side Effects Houdini
Visual effects and character animation.
- Massive
System for generating crowd-related animations.
- Autodesk Softimage
(Formerly SoftimageXSI) Used in films, commercials, video games and other media.
- Cactus 3D
Character rigging plugins for Cinema 4D
- Magpie Pro
Professional lip-sync and timing tool for 2D, 3D and Stop Motion animation.
- Lipsync MX
Application that computes lip synchronization by using sound files and predefined mouth shape images.
- Voice-O-Matic
Lip-sync software for Autodesk 3ds Max
Software stop-motion
- Boinx iStopMotion
Accessible and affordable stop motion software.
- Stop Motion Pro
Windows only stop motion solution.
- Dragon Stop Motion
Software that allows us to do feature-level, performance-based animation.
- Animaatiokone Studio
Fully featured program for creating stop motion animation.
- iKit Movie
PC only claymation software.
- Monkey Jam
PC only pencil test application. Can also be used for stop motion.
- Magpie Pro
Professional lip-sync and timing tool for 2D, 3D and Stop Motion animation.
- Lipsync MX
Application that computes lip synchronization by using sound files and predefined mouth shape images.
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