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Feature Animation Visual Effects As A
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Input: Scripts, Storyboards, and Sound
Outputs: Image Sequences
Process Overview
Rough Layout
Character Animation Final Layout
Modeling
Rigging
Pipeline
Front End
Editorial
Approved Concept Art
Editorial
Lighting Final Render
Cloth & Hair FX (Particles, Smoke, Etc)
Texturing Look Dev
Back End
Objectives
Reduce Flow Time
Low Variability
Maintain Quality
Yikes…
Rough Layout
Character Animation Final Layout
Modeling
Rigging
Pipeline
Front End
Editorial
Approved Concept Art
Editorial
Lighting Final Render
Cloth & Hair FX (Particles, Smoke, Etc)
Texturing Look Dev
Back End
Animator’s Working View• Fast• Manipulate in real-time
• Smooth• Check contact points• Check motion blur• See details• Check quality of
conversion to lighting format
Animator (and Director) Quality Check Render
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Zooming In: The Animation Workflow
Animator Works with Scene Publishing Animator
Review Director Review
QC Render (Video File)
Good?No Yes
Good?YesNo
ANIMATION
Two Publish Problems: Render “Death” and Bad Output
Animator Works with Scene Publishing Animator
Review Director Review
QC Render (Video File)
Good?No Yes
Good?YesNo
Death:• Often from new assets (rigs, props)
that had never been published• Scenes that had a technical glitch• Required Pipeline TD intervention
and can take days to track down• Relatively rare
Bad Output:• Often result of changes to props
(removed or renamed props) between publishes
• Generally easy to fix• Very common
Problem: The Render Recipe was Cumulative
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Repetition Due to Variation in Publishing Output
Animator Works with Scene Publishing Animator
Review Director Review
QC Render (Video File)
Good?No Yes
Good?YesNo
ANIMATION
New Process Variability
Publishing Output Quality LowOriginal Process Variability
Specification Width
First RenderSecond RenderFinal Render
The Fix: A Recipe Syncing Pre-Process
PublishingPublished Scene File Publish Pre-process
Existing Recipe
Check and update based on scene contents
New Process Variability
New Publishing Variability
Specification Width
Result
Reduced repetitions of render cycleReduced overall process time
Cut down on overtime (Saturday) work
Takeaways
• There are workflows inside of large processes• Quality / bottleneck issues within
workflows impact overall quality and flow time• Get employees on the front line
involved to unpack workflows within processes