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Digital Emily on github

The Digital Emily project from the USC ICT and the Wikihuman Project provides texture maps, geometry and reference photography for a model scanned in the Light Stage.

Reference
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PBRT v3

For this project, a github repository has been created with Maya assets ready for use in matching the real Emily with different renderers. The data set currently includes example images and materials rendered using mental ray and PBRT v3. These were created with an eye towards facilitating further experimentation with the existing dataset, extending material definitions for Vray and the skin shader in OSL provided on the main site.

The repository can be found here: Digital Emily.

A direct download of the assets and scenes is available here.

Open-source projects

The top level link for Duiker Research open-source projects is:

The project list includes:

Additional open source work can be found on the Nukepedia site:

ACEScg: A Common Color Encoding for Visual Effects Applications

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Authors:

Haarm-Pieter Duiker, Duiker Research Alexander Forsythe, AMPAS Scott Dyer, AMPAS Ray Feeney, RFX
Will McCown, Consultant Jim Houston, Starwatcher Digital Andy Maltz, AMPAS Doug Walker, Autodesk

Abstract:
The Academy Color Encoding System 1.0 (ACES) was launched in December 2014 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The result of over 10 years of industry-driven development and testing, ACES provides a standardized color management infrastructure to replace what was lost in the transition away from film. A key application addressed by ACES 1.0 is visual effects production. The addition of the ACEScg color encoding to compositing, lighting, rendering and other CG workflows will simplify element interchange and preview, as well as enable high dynamic range and wide gamut deliverables.

Links

The full writeup and slides are available below
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ACES 1.0 OpenColorIO config

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“ACES 1.0 OpenColorIO config”, a presentation at the Siggraph 2015 ACES Birds of a Feather.

Links relevant to the ACES 1.0.1 OpenColorIO configuration:

The slides are available below.
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Filmic Tonemapping for Real-time Rendering

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A presentation from the Siggraph 2010 Course on Color presentation “Filmic Tonemapping for Real-time Rendering”. This is an extension of the presentation from 2006 that includes an analytical approximation used in Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 2 as well as still from the game.

Articles about the technique or games that have used the technique

Slides can be found below.
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Building a pipeline to Destroy Los Angeles in 2012

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Siggraph Asia 2009 presentation “Earthquake! Building a pipeline to Destroy Los Angeles in 2012” on Bento, the central pipeline component developed at Digital Domain to enable the creation of the LA Destruction sequence of 2012.

Authors:

Haarm-Pieter Duiker, Digital Domain Osiris Perez, Digital Domain Masuo Suzuki, Digital Domain Rito Trevino, Digital Domain

 

Abstract:
2012 presented a set of challenges that were unique in scale, even for an experienced company like Digital Domain. The LAP se- quence follows the progress of a plane flying through Los Ange- les as it is destroyed by a massive earthquake. From this aerial perspective, some shots had as many as 6000 individual objects. Each needed to be placed, animated, run through effects simula- tions, and finally lit and rendered. The time constraints and scale of this project meant that most of those steps would happen in parallel, and assets would be constantly modified, published and updated by each department as shots progressed.

The full writeup and slides are available below
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