Conférences - Annecy 2013

Emerging Tools: Looking Ahead and the Effect on the Technical-Artistic Approach

  1. Overview
  2. Description
  3. Speakers
  4. Moderator

This conference presents a prospective look on different tools, practices and organisational methods that may be able to renew the artistic and technical approach of professionals to extend their possibilities of representation and/or improve productivity.

Guerilla Render

Developed for productions, Guerilla Render is a next generation renderer used for CGI and visual effects in TV series and feature films which focuses on the industry requirements: robust, efficient, simple to set up and operate, and flexible when interoperating.

Cyber Marionette

Cyber Marionette is a individualised software which creates high-quality animated characters for TV series. This tool enables users to customise the appearance and accessories of a character, as well as its gestures and facial expressions, ready for animation.

Outline of presentation:

  1. Demo of creating a custom character (process similar to the creation of a video game avatar)
  2. Steps to create a generic model and database
  3. Native cross platform software development workflow and issues
  4. Native stand alone software, plugin software, script development and trade-off issues
  5. Tool integration and pipeline considerations

Gleam Session

SolidAnim and Game Audio Factory work in collaboration to develop new facial motion capture techniques. Together they have created a new competitive and efficient solution, Gleam Session, dedicated to facial and audio motion capture in studio.

Speakers

  • Marc MIANCE
    Marc MIANCE

    Research & Development Director
    Alkymia

    France

  • Vincent PERCEVAULT
    Vincent PERCEVAULT

    Manager, Founder
    Game Audio Factory

    France

  • Jean-François SZLAPKA
    Jean-François SZLAPKA

    CEO
    Solidanim

    France

  • Andreas CARLEN
    Andreas CARLEN

    President
    GameFusion

    France

  • Benjamin LEGROS
    Benjamin LEGROS

    Cofounder, Lead R&D Engineer
    Mercenaries Engineering

    France

Moderator

  • Baptiste HEYNEMANN
    Baptiste HEYNEMANN

    Head of Technical Industries and Innovation
    CNC

    France