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Animated: Kenya Takes Off!

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On December 6th 2008, Kenyan animators and animation enthusiasts turned
out in record numbers for the Animated: Kenya seminar which was held at the Sarit Center in Nairobi.

Animation in Africa: Going Beyond the 'Low-Cost' Option

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South Africa and Egypt lead the way, but quality work can be found in a number of African countries, as Karen Raugust reports.

Supa Strikas now on TV

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On Friday 7 November, the soccer cartoon, Supa Strikas, got a television make-over on SABC2. The 13 half-hour animation episodes are based on the popular print version of the comic which .is distributed as a monthly 24-page insert into the Sunday Times and as a weekly one-page strip in the Sunday Times Magazine.

October 08 CT Xchange Feedback

In Cape Town, we focused on the development phase and concept art stage of animation. A perfect example of how important this stage is to production was provided by Shy the Sun.

Khumba: From the Karoo to New York

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For the first time in its 30 years running, an animated script has been accepted into the Independent Film Week. Khumba is one of three South African projects

Animation SA New Site Launched

I am really pleased to announce the launch of the new Animation SA website, a collaborative effort from a committed team of volunteers from Animation SA and iaminawe, to provide the new online face for Animation in South Africa.

June Meeting Feedback

Junes Animation Xchange meetings in both Cape Town and Joburg were packed with great work and an overall focus on animation in gaming. A few local companies showed some of the interesting animation orientated stuff being used in interactive applications, mobile games and an awesome new movie from the Blender foundation.

Interviews: Autodesk's Purchase of Softimage

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In 1998 Avid bought Softimage from Microsoft for $285 million. Today, Softimage has been sold to Autodesk for $35M.

November Xchange - Joburg

The final Xchange for Joburg this year will take place on the 20th November at Wits University Campus of Digital Arts.

Story-telling becomes a multimillion-rand affair

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ONCE upon a time, story-telling was the business of our grandmothers; now it is the business of Anamazing Workshop.

Anamazing produces animated stories with African themes.

August 08 CT Xchange feedback

August's show-and-tellers were the literary sort.

Annecy School Prize goes to SA production

Because You're Gorgeous by Brent Dawes (South Africa) gets the vote from the 9,000 children at the school screenings.

July Meeting Feedback

Ever wondered how some of those big-screen special effects look so real without a trace of CG? It's likely someone like Steven Saunders designed, sculpted and built it from real materials.

Max-T's Sledgehammer Storage Device For Upcoming Animated Feature

Johannesburg, South Africa-based Jock Animation will use Maximum Throughput's Sledgehammer NAS (Network Attached Storage) system to support their work on a full-length animated feature film currently in production.

Xchange Joburg - apologies to all

My sincere apologies to all!

The Lion of Judah, Africa's 1st full length CGI animated feature

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Character Matters has just finished working on Africa's 1st full length featured CGI animated feature, 'The Lion of Judah'. The movie, commissioned by Animated Family Films in the United States and produced by Sunrise Productions, is an 80-minute, 2K, cinema production with all the bells and whistles we have come to expect from the major studios.

Action galore as kids draw their cartoon heroes

LAST week, DStv's Cartoon Network invited a bunch of media and education professionals to be judges at its nationwide animation generation competition at Gold Reef City, in Johannesburg.

New info on Photoshop CS4

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Adobe is getting closer to announcing the CS4 updates, though whether they'll be called CS4 seems unlikely.

Mudbox 2009!

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out the latest in Mudbox development news as AREA talks with Dave

Gauteng Film Partnership Formed To Promote Film Industry

In a move designed to promote and grow the film sector in Gauteng, the Gauteng Film Commission (GFC) has facilitated the formation of a consultative forum, comprising expertise and resources from

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