“A Modernization of the DreamWorks Feather System” by Sokoloski, Sivek, Somasundaram, Udakandage, Phillips, et al. …
Conference:
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Title:
- A Modernization of the DreamWorks Feather System
Session/Category Title: The Effect of Character
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Abstract:
The DreamWorks Feather System is a modernized toolset that enables artists to manage all aspects of feathers from card layout through shot work by using intuitive tools and automated pipeline processes. These new artist-friendly developments have enabled dozens of artists to quickly groom characters and run their feathers in shots.
References:
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Nicholas Augello, David Tonnesen, and Arunachalam Somasundaram. 2019. Hummingbird: Dreamworks Feather System. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2019 Talks (Los Angeles, California) (SIGGRAPH ’19). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 60, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3306307.3328177
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Arunachalam Somasundaram and Kelly Shay. 2022. WIZ: DreamWorks GPU-Accelerated Interactive Hair/Fur Deformation and Visualization Toolset. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Talks (Vancouver, BC, Canada) (SIGGRAPH ’22). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, Article 54, 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3532836.3536245
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Andrew J. Weber and Galen Gornowicz. 2009. Collision-free Construction of Animated Feathers Using Implicit Constraint Surfa ces. ACM Trans. Graph. 28, 2, Article 12 (May 2009), 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/1516522.1516523
