New Developments in MaterialX and OSL - Jonathan Stone, Lucasfilm; Moeen Sayed, SideFX; Nicolas Guiard, Isotropix; Emma Holthouser, Lucasfilm; Orn Gunnarsson, Autodesk; Brian Savery, AMD; Bernard Kwok, Khronos; Pablo Delgado, KIT; Lutz Kettner, NVIDIA; & Larry Gritz, Sony Pictures Imageworks
In this session, teams across the industry will present their latest work on MaterialX and OSL, including a key collaboration between the two ASWF projects.
[ACES] Charting a Vibrant and Open Plan for ACES 2.0 and Beyond - Alex Forsythe, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science; Steve Tobenkin & Joachim Zell, Academy Color Encoding System (ACES)
ACES is a widely adopted, free and open color and digital file management system used in motion pictures, television and many other motion and still media productions. With the upcoming release of v2.0, ACES will have reached an important milestone by addressing many of the key issues users requested since our original launch. ACES project leaders will discuss the latest developments and engage session participants in a dialog to ensure that ACES evolves as a vibrant, sustainable, and freely available system.
To learn more about the Academy Software Foundation (ASWF) and how you can start improving your production pipeline practices today, click here: https://www.aswf.io/
How to Train Your Dragon 2 Director Dean DeBlois and Head of Character Animation Simon Otto discuss and demonstrate DreamWorks Animation's groundbreaking new technology Apollo and how it revolutionized the Dragons experience.
As part of ongoing development plans to improve artist quality of life, Mari 5.0’s Node Graph now comes with Grid Snapping, with user controls for grid cell height and width to fine-tune their experience. The added ability to snap nodes inline with a grid helps to make messy, hard-to-follow Node Graph networks a thing of the past.
Netflix networking event in Los Angeles, CA on February 6, 2020. Ioannis Papapanagiotou speaks about the work of Netflix's Platform Engineering to support content creation. Examples include Studio Developer Productivity, Studio App Troubleshooting, Studio Data Insights, https://entertainmentatscale.splashthat.com/
This video defines Data Management for Netflix productions and explains why it’s an essential part of the production planning process. It also offers examples of recommended data management plans, Back Up Plans, and Verification Plans.
More resources and guidance are available at The Netflix Partner Help Center: https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/.
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Virtual Cinematography
We've always known that Spider-Man's most important conflict has been within himself: the struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. But in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Peter Parker finds that his greatest battle is about to begin.
It's great to be Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield). For Peter Parker, there's no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone). But being Spider-Man comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. And as his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realize that all of his enemies have one thing in common: Oscorp.