RenderMan, Ichthyology, and the Cinema

Byron Bashforth Pixar Animation Studios

DEPARTMENT SEMINAR DATE: Friday, May 14, 2004 TIME: 11:00 a.m. PLACE: Arts 146 (Updated) *** Everyone is welcome ***

Abstract

The animated fish in Pixar's Finding Nemo are colorful and varied. As part of the process of creating these characters, the shading team translates the director's vision into texture maps and software (shaders) which generate the look of the character at render time. This talk will describe a general approach for creating RenderMan character shaders and discuss techniques used to solve specific problems.

About the speaker

Byron Bashforth received his Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan in 1996 and 1998. After joining Pixar Animation Studios in 1999 as a technical director, he has worked on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, For the Birds, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles. His recent work has focused on characters and their visual development, including Finding Nemo's Dory and Gill.

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