AMD partnered with Pixar to re-tool their renderfarm with 151,000 AMD Epyc cores for the film Elemental, as well as on the Pixar RenderMan Art Challenge. The studio spoke about the relationship at an event during the show as did director Gareth Edwards about his upcoming film, The Creator. They also have a new M&E site.… Continue Reading
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SIGGRAPH 2023: Unity Weta Tools’ Natalya Tatarchuk
Natalya Tatarchuk from Unity Weta Tools discusses why Unity purchasing Weta Tools help provide creatives with a more robust toolset. She talks about their Deep Compositing and Eddy tools for Nuke which allows faster iterations and changes for complex effects, as well as Wig 1.0.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Vicon’s Mark Finch
Attendees got to take part in Vicon’s “Dreamscape Experience,” which showcased the company’s new ML-powered markerless motion capture technology.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Seyhan Lee’s Gary Koepke
Seyhan Lee’s Gary Koepke talks about Cuebric software, which creates 2.5 dimension environments for volume screen projection. He also offers his take on the evolution of AI and its use as a tool to enhance creativity.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Zeiss’ Tom Evans
Zeiss launched CinCraft Scenario, a real-time camera tracking solution – made up of both hardware and software. It’s part of the company’s CinCraft ecosystem.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Backlight’s Tram Le-Jones
Backlight was showing product from its Streaming and Creative divisions. Creative focuses on going script to screen and technology on OTT streaming, hyper-distribution and monetization.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Wacom’s Don Varga and Arvind Arumbakkam
Wacom was showing its new color-accurate Cintiq Pro 27 for on-set and post workflows. Also new was the beta of Project Mercury for remote work and four new products within the Wacom One product line.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Barbara Ford Grant
VFX veteran Barbara Ford Grant talks Open Source, AI, ML and how the use of the tools are evolving within the film industry. She also discusses the virtual production presentation “Birds of a Feather” she hosted at the show.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: ReDefine’s Adrien Saint Girons
ReDefine’s Adrien Saint Girons talks about combining real time and AI to improve visual effects workflows. He also shares his thoughts on AI, and how it is a tool for artists.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: BlueBolt VFX’s Tom Mawby
BlueBolt VFX’s Tom Mawby discusses the company’s work for both episodic and feature film projects, as well as the technology it takes to manage their growing list of artists and clients.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Digital Anarchy’s Jim Tierney
Digital Anarchy’s Jim Tierney discusses their new product Data Storyteller, which allows you to import spreadsheets and animate them in software such as the Adobe Creative suite, Final Cut Pro and soon DaVinci Resolve.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Skydance Animation’s Mark Thielen
Skydance Animation’s Mark Thielen discusses his role as a senior technical director, and the company’s work on animated features such as Luck and next year’s release Spellbound.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Autodesk’s Jocelyn Moffatt
Jocelyn Moffatt discusses Autodesk’s involvement in the Alliance for OpenUSD, which will help artists work together across projects, tools and teams. She also touches on the new OpenPBR (Open Physically-Based Rendering) a new open source shading model.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Pansensory Interactive’s Ollie Rankin
Pansensory Interactive’s Ollie Rankin discusses the state of virtual production and his current project, an immersive theater virtual reality project called Rhymes With the Times.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Wild Capture’s Louis Normandin
Wild Capture’s Louis Normandin talks about the company’s product, Unify Solver, which automates 3D animation procedural tasks for volumetric characters by reducing data sets to 10% of their original size.… Continue Reading
SIGGRAPH 2023: Blackmagic’s Bob Caniglia
Blackmagic discussed Resolve 18.5, featuring new tools incorporating AI and USD. There have been updates in all the tabs, including the Edit Page, the Cut Page and Fusion.… Continue Reading