“Optimizing Assets for Authoring and Consumption in USD” by Li, Rieckenberg, Karanam, Vo and Hurley
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- Optimizing Assets for Authoring and Consumption in USD
Session/Category Title: Opening Up About USD
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Abstract:
In this talk, we introduce a new asset structure that helps to (1) streamline and decouple asset authorship and shot consumption, (2) enable new authoring workflows that better take advantage of USD’s multi-stage model, and (3) open the door for shot-focused, asset-based optimizations.
References:
[1]
Tad Miller, Harmony Li, Neelima Karanam, Nadim Sinno, and Todd Scopio. 2022. Making Encanto with USD: Rebuilding a Production Pipeline Working from Home. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Talks. Article 12, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532836.3536236
[2]
Pixar. 2016. Introduction to USD. http://openusd.org/.
[3]
Emily Vo, George Rieckenberg, and Ernest Petti. 2023. Honing USD: Lessons Learned and Workflow Enhancements at Walt Disney Animation Studios. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 Talks. Article 13, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3587421.3595421
