Join legendary Disney animator and director Aaron Blaise as he takes you behind the scenes of his animated short, Snow Bear. In this session, Aaron will share the creative spark that inspired the project, walk through the development process from early concept to finished film, and offer a look at the realities of distributing an independent animated short in today’s landscape.
Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 5pm – 6:30pm PST Location: Online Wētā FX VFX Supervisors Guy Williams and Jo Davison will discuss the VFX for Pocket Universe, battling a Kaiju and re-creating Metropolis. Superman: Harnessing Numeric Power for Cinematic Magic Superman marks the third feature film, and fifth project on which Read more
Date and time: Thursday, August 7, 2025, 5 – 6:30pm PDT Project KARA’s mission was to remaster an aging game using AI-driven pipelines, assessing the viability of these technologies to accelerate workflows while maintaining high-quality results.In this session, we’ll unveil our findings, share real-world results, and discuss the future trajectory Read more
Iñigo Quilez: Unlocking Creativity with Signed Distance Fields Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 5pm-6:30pm Pacific Time We’ll talk of my vision for a world post-polygon, where production of 3D content is less labor intensive and technical, and more creative than what we use today in traditional pipelines. About the Speaker Inigo Read more
Daryl Anselmo GenAI Cookery: From Demoscene to Mainstream Tuesday, April 22, 2025, 5pm Pacific Time In this candid session, Art Director and Creative Technologist Daryl Anselmo takes us through an unfiltered journey navigating the dark arts of the rapidly evolving GenAI landscape, with roots in the rebellious hacker spirit of Read more
The San Francisco SIGGRAPH Chapter is excited to present the SIGGRAPH 2024 Computer Animation Festival’s Electronic Theater program, in person on the big screen at Pixar! See the trailer video below for a sample of the amazing variety of films in this program. We’ll share more details shortly, as well Read more
Transformers One – More than Meets the Eye Behind the scenes with the artists who helped put this origin story together. Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2024Time: 5pm PacificLocation: Online About the speakers: Sherry Hitch, Associate Visual Effects Supervisor, ILM: With a career span of nearly 30 years in visual effects, Read more
The VFX and Filming of Twisters Date: Wednesday, August 14th, 5-7pm PT Location: Online Tickets: $15 (free for members) Take a look at the filming and visual effects of the new movie Twisters with Production Supervisor Ben Snow, who was a digital artist on the original film 28 years ago, Read more
New Kingdom: Wētā FX Returns to the Planet of the Apes Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Location: Online In this presentation from Wētā FX VFX supervisor Erik Winquist, you’ll hear how Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the amazing result of seven years of technical advancements since the Read more
Date and time: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 · 5:00 – 6:30pm PDT
Location: Online
Swing behind-the-scenes of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with Inklines Technical Lead Edmond-Boulet-Gilly, Animator Mònica Eggert Roig, and FX Artist Sharon Snow of Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Since the debut of its signature comic-book style in 2018, the Spider-Verse films have been carving out an identity for experimental animation in the mainstream industry. This lecture will spotlight the cutting-edge developments that break the barriers between 2D and 3D- in both FX and animation. Come get to know the minds behind the mask.
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