Modern technologies for digital animation study programs

The article addresses the issue of initial training for specialists in the field of digital animation from the perspective of leveraging the latest informational technologies, including those based on Artificial Intelligence, augmented reality, virtual reality, mixed reality, and extended reality. It examines 10 university educational programs and over 120 software tools useful for digital animation, which allowed for the synthesis of the main professional competencies of digital animators and the most effective digital animation software capable of assisting in the development and enhancement of these competencies.