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Software development and technology teams in studio environments often need to support a complex matrix of applications, versions and dependencies. Existing management tools are not always up to this task, but offer a variety of battle-tested ideas that ...

This paper explores how Netflix has enhanced its animation production reporting using a dynamic data transformation framework. As collaborations with animation studios around the globe grow, it’s essential to adeptly manage varied reports to ensure ...

As production scene complexity and CPU core count increase, the performance of software used to interact with the scenes may not scale accordingly. Filament is Animal Logic’s in-house, USD-based, PyQt lighting DCC, and a key area for improving Filament ...

We describe a plugin-based architecture for developing component-based Qt applications for animation and visual effects, and discuss the benefits this approach offers in terms of code reuse, stability and consistency. We introduce an Application ...

We ported the Sony Pictures Imageworks version of the Arnold Renderer to the GPU using NVIDIA’s OptiX ray tracing toolkit. This required modifying algorithms to run efficiently on the GPU, the use of new software methodologies to better share source ...

A hallmark capability that defines a renderer as a production renderer is the ability to scale to handle scenes with extreme complexity, including complex illumination cast by a vast number of light sources. In this paper, we present Cache Points, the ...

In order to achieve a specific, oil-painting-inspired rendering style, Blender Studio developed a solution based on Blender’s generative geometry and simulation framework “Geometry Nodes”, creating an artist-friendly set of workflows and tools. This ...

We present an overview of Animal Logic’s curve rigging toolset and its development process, serving as a case study to discuss challenges specific to doing software development for animated feature film production. We will show how R&D projects at ...

CG crowds have become increasingly popular this last decade in the VFX and animation industry: formerly reserved to only a few high end studios and blockbusters, they are now widely used in TV shows or commercials. Yet, there is still one major ...