OPENVDB

This course will cover the compact volume data structure and various tools available in the open source library OpenVDB. Since its release in 2012 it has set an industry standard and has been used for visual effects in over 150 feature movies. Last year ...

OpenVDB has already been integrated into the next major release of the high-end 3D animation package Houdini, and there is anecdotal evidence that many of the major VFX and production houses are in the process of either evaluating or adopting VDB. This ...

We present a kinematic system for creating art-directed clothing and skin wrinkles on CG characters used in the production of computer-animated feature films. This system employs a curve-based method for generating wrinkles on reference poses, which are ...