News from 2020

23rd December 2020

CelAction open over holidays

As usual, CelAction will be open between Christmas and New Year.

22nd December 2020

Bluey wins AACTA

Bluey by Ludo Studio has won the 2020 AACTA Award for Best Children's Program!

15th December 2020

Two shows nominated at Cartoons On The Bay

Olobob Top by Beakus has been nominated for Best Preschool TV Series and The Rubbish World Of Dave Spud by The Illuminated Film Company has been nominated for Best Kids TV Series at Cartoons On The Bay 2020 to be held on 18th December.

25th November 2020

Pins and Nettie nominated in Manchester

Congratulations to Neev Brennan who has been nominated with her Character Design work on Pins and Nettie at the 2020 Industry Excellence Awards. The winners will be announced during the awards ceremony on 26th November at the Manchester Animation Festival.

6th October 2020

CelAction2D Version 4 is here!

CelAction today announced the first in the new Version 4 range of CelAction2D products, built on a completely new core engine that will form the basis of rapid, powerful updates to lead the state of the art of 2D animation technology into the new decade.

During the most disruptive year in living memory, and with everyone facing an uncertain future, CelAction2D Version 4 is focused on a toolset that will make the animation industry stronger and more durable. Bringing new and diverse talent up to speed and giving animators of all experience levels the ability to generate more footage than ever before has become a priority.

“With Version 4 we’ve targeted discoverability and productivity. People can learn faster and then animate faster,” said Andy Blazdell, CelAction’s CEO. “And as well as reducing the total cost of production, we want to reduce the total cost of ownership too. Version 4 is so easy to use, it requires less support, so we’re passing that saving on to animators. We’re reducing our prices by 20% across the board for Version 4, and anyone who bought a previous version, even as far back as Version 1, will get a free upgrade. Now is the time to support the animation industry with actions, not just words.”

With more bespoke teams starting up around the world, CelAction has added new modular options to their perpetual-licence range. The first module is CelAction2D Animator Edition, which is a less expensive version of the popular CelAction2D Professional Edition, but without the rigging tools. This way, smaller studios can buy just a couple of Professional Edition licences for their riggers, and their animators can work with the Animator Edition licences, so that they can pay the absolute minimum and still get world-class product with the support they need.

For larger projects, CelAction2D Studio Edition now has a monthly per-user rental option, allowing users to expand their teams dynamically and still get cost-effective access to the most powerful 2D animation software when they need it most.

“With previous versions of CelAction2D, our clients animated international successes such as Peppa Pig, Bluey, Mr. Bean and Simon’s Cat,” said Andy Blazdell. “We can’t wait to see what will be created with Version 4.”

29th May 2020

Bluey nominated at Annecy

Bluey by Ludo Studio is in the TV Competition at the Annecy 2020 festival, held on 15th-30th June 2020.

30th April 2020

Peppa Pig nominated for Rockie

Peppa Pig by Astley Baker Davies has been nominated for the Preschool prize at the 2020 Rockie Awards, part of the BANFF World Media Festival.

29th April 2020

Bluey wins International Emmy

Bluey by Ludo Studios has won the Preschool prize at the International Emmy Kids Awards, held on March 31st in Cannes.

16th March 2020

CelAction offers help during COVID-19 crisis

CelAction is offering free work-from-home licences to our clients who require them. See our COVID-19 statement for details.

10th March 2020

CelAction shows nominated for BAAs

Aliens Love Underpants And... Panta Claus by Tiger Aspect has been nominated for Best Longform and Best Original Music and The Rubbish World of Dave Spud by The Illuminated Film Company has been nominated for Best Children's Series, Best Voice Performance and the Writer's Award at the British Animation Awards 2020 to be held on Thursday 12th March.

27th February 2020

CelAction at Cartoon Movie

A representative from CelAction will be attending Cartoon Movie in Bordeaux, France on the 3rd-5th March 2020. Contact us if you want to set up a meeting.

6th February 2020

Bluey nominated for International Emmy

Bluey by Ludo Studios has been nominated for the Preschool prize at the International Emmy Kids Awards, to be held on March 31st in Cannes.

4th February 2020

4 CelAction shows nominated for Kidscreen Awards

Claude by Sixteen South and Peppa Pig by Astley Baker Davies are nominated for best pre-school animated series, Mr. Bean: The Animated Series by Tiger Aspect is nominated for best animated series for teens, and Pinkalicious and Peterrific - A Pinkaperfect Birthday by Sixteen South is nominated for best pre-school one-off special, at the 2020 Kidscreen awards. The ceremony will be held on February 11th in Miami.

24th January 2020

Love Monster begins on Monday!

Love Monster by Karrot Animation and A Productions will start airing on CBeebies from Monday 27th January.

8th January 2020

CelAction at Kidscreen Summit

A CelAction representative will be at the Kidscreen Summit held in Miami on the 10th-13th February. Contact us to set up a meeting.

6th January 2020

Happy New Year!

We are pleased to announce that CelAction2D Version 4 will be released on 6th October 2020!

Why the wait until October? Well, we have a lot of things to prepare before the launch - it’s the biggest and most important event we’ve ever done, and it is going to shake up the 2D animation industry and improve things for all animators. We’ve got a lot of surprises up our sleeves!

We’re not going to talk about the new features just yet, we’re saving those for the launch itself. But as you know, Version 4 has been in development for a long time, and has been completely rewritten with the latest technologies to build a foundation that will allow us to innovate faster than ever before. That, coupled with increased investment in development, will mean you’ll be seeing CelAction2D everywhere pretty soon.

This new decade marks the start of a new era for CelAction!

Happy New Year, everyone!