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Learn your trigonometry, kids, and you might find yourself animating the next “Finding Nemo.” That was the message Tony DeRose, senior scientist at Pixar Animation Studios, spread to a mixed ...

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Animations of coiled hair for Black film characters improve with new algorithms. New algorithms allow for more realistic coily hair animation, enhancing the representation of Black characters in film.

While Disney has long been one of the biggest names in animation, creating real-world characters that have the same magnetism as our favorite movie characters is complicated—after all, animation ...