method @ Siggraph
Alex Frisch, Managing Director and VFX Supervisor of method, along with Lead 3D Artist, James LeBloch, will be discussing our innovative 3D motion control technique for full production from conception to finish as seen in Bridgestone “Lucky Dog” and Washington Mutual “Kangaroo”. They will explore the pipeline method has created to use Maya animation as the driving force behind motion control to shoot practical elements for compositing in Flame. They will be speaking at the Autodesk booth on August 12th at 3:30pm and Wednesday August 13th at 3:30pm.
Andy Boyd, August 12th-14th
Lead 3D Artist & CG Creative Director Andy Boyd of method will discuss using Houdini for Fur along with Mantra and Physically Based Rendering on some of our recent work including his shrieking squirrel from Bridgestone “Scream”, a favorite among this year’s Super Bowl ads. He’ll be at the SideFx Houdini seminar at 10:30am from August 12th-14th and will be on the Expert’s Panel on Thursday the 14th starting at 11:30am.
Chris Nichols, August 13th
Chris Nichols, Visual Effects Supervisor at method, will be discussing the power of Vray in creating real-world lighting and the flexibility and speed of its rendering capabilities for CG. He’ll highlight his work over the past few years, which maximized Vray’s strengths. By merging method’s use of the Maya and Linux pipeline at the outset of a project with Chris’ expertise in the Vray and Nuke pipeline at its conclusion, method looks to take our already renowned photorealism work to an even higher level. Hear more of Chris’ strategies at the Chaosgroup booth at 3pm.
Gil Baron, August 14th
Visual Effects Supervisor and Director Gil Baron of method will be a panelist for Siggraph’s “Animation in Commercials”. See him on Thursday the 14th from 3:45-5:30pm.