Animation has changed. Since artists started rendering their works on computers, more and more stories are unfolding through 3D animation. This has unfortunately left the 2D form by the wayside ...

For Netflix's "Klaus," The SPA Studios developed new technology to add lighting and texture to the characters that makes them appear 3D.

A hand-drawn animation style was also applied to effects so explosions looked more like illustrations. Therefore, a library of 2D sparks was fed into the simulations.

RIT Photo Services MFA in Film and Animation students work in the program's lab, which is equipped with Apple Mac Pro workstations, Cintiq monitors and the latest 2D and 3D animation software.

Adobe's Large Reconstruction Model can generate 3D models from 2D images in 5 seconds, representing a major advance in 3D reconstruction.