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SUMMARY:No Shade, High Energy Lighting and Shading
DESCRIPTION:The design opportunities of moving to Houdini for lighting wit
 hin the world of Animation\n\nLighting plays is key in Disney Animation fi
 lms. For “Moana 2,” we developed a new lighting workflow in Houdini, empow
 ering artists with more control while reducing creative barriers. This tal
 k explores how we enabled new workflows, mirrored successful experiences, 
 and eased the transiti...\n\n\nNorman Joseph and Rehan Butt (Walt Disney A
 nimation Studios)\n---------------------\nBringing Life to the Communivers
 e: Procedural Look Development in Pixar’s Elio\n\nTo convey a vivacious, p
 rotopian space station in Pixar's "Elio", a small team of environment arti
 sts amplified the traditional pipeline with procedural techniques used in 
 unique ways to develop a vast quantity of various biomes of alien terrains
  and architectures pulsing with their own internal ene...\n\n\nChris Burro
 ws (Pixar); Mallory Kohut, Laura Murphy, and Hosuk Chang (Pixar Animation 
 Studios); and Luke Elwood and Ting Zhang (Environment Artist)\n-----------
 ----------\nOut of This World Shading: Look Development for Aliens in Pixa
 r's Elio\n\nFor the aliens in Pixar's Elio we crafted the looks for over 1
 8 species from various inspirations that needed to be unique and appealing
  but not too familiar. We explored combining illumination models and anima
 ted shading techniques in a collaborative approach between our design arti
 sts and shading ...\n\n\nTrent Crow, Maria Lee, Patrick Yu Wang, and Gus D
 izon (Pixar Animation Studios)\n---------------------\nOOOOO Energy: Addin
 g Dynamic Shading and Lighting to Environments on Pixar's Elio\n\nThe envi
 ronments of Pixar's Elio (2025) feature dynamic elements that bridge the d
 isciplines of shading, modeling, dressing and lighting. In this talk we en
 umerate the challenges of creating sets that move, glow and change - revea
 ling pipeline innovations that leverage USD, Houdini and other in-hous...\
 n\n\nFrancisco De La Torre and Colin Thompson (Pixar Animation Studios)\n\
 nInterest Area: Arts & Design, Production & Animation\n\nRecording: Livest
 reamed, Recorded\n\nKeyword: Animation, Art, Geometry, Industry Insight, L
 ighting, Modeling, Pipeline Tools and Work, Rendering\n\nRegistration Cate
 gory: Full Conference, Virtual Access, Wednesday\n\nSession Chair: Veronic
 a Orvalho (Didimo Inc., Universidade do Porto)
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