See Hero, a steampunk 2D short made entirely in Blender
Action-packed animated short demonstrates the potential of Blender 2.8's Grease Pencil tools.
Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
2D animation
Unity Technologies reveals Unity 2018 product roadmap
See the new graphics features due in Unity 2018.1 to 2018.3, from new materials and animation options to the GPU lightmapper.
Friday, March 23rd, 2018
FXhome ships HitFilm Pro 6.0
All-in-one compositing and effects tool gets new editing and 2D animation options. Price down $50, but you no longer get Ignite Pro.
Friday, November 24th, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC
Videos: Commercial release of the 2D animation tool adds pose-to-pose option, new collision system.
Thursday, October 19th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender 2.8
Updated: Read the full design document for the new workflow and 2D animation features, and Eevee, the real-time render engine.
Monday, October 9th, 2017
Check out the new features in Blender 2.79
Now officially released. New denoise system and PBR shader in Cycles, plus some great add-ons.
Wednesday, September 13th, 2017
Sneak peek: Blender 2.8's new Grease Pencil features
Open-source 2D animation toolset gets its own dedicated workspace, new work modes and fill options.
Wednesday, June 14th, 2017
Adobe releases Character Animator CC Beta 2
Intuitive puppet animation tool gets new walk cycle system, plus option to edit visemes in the timeline.
Thursday, April 20th, 2017
The Krita Foundation releases Krita 3.1.2
Updated: Open-source painting app gets early support for audio in the new 2D animation toolset.
Saturday, February 11th, 2017
Unity Technologies releases Unity 5.6 and EditorVR in beta
Sizeable update to the game engine now available in beta, along with its new VR editing toolset.
Thursday, December 15th, 2016
Unity Technologies to make Anima2D available for free
Popular Unity skeletal 2D animation toolset to become free in January. Developer Sergi Valls joins Unity.
Monday, December 5th, 2016
Check out the new features in Blender 2.78
Now shipping: Open-source 3D app gets cool new curve sketching tool, 'Bendy Bones', Alembic import.
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Autodesk releases Sketchbook Motion
Neat iPad app turns sketches into simple 2D animations using an intuitive sketch-based workflow.
Monday, September 26th, 2016