Date and time: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 · 7 – 9pm PDT Location: ILM Premier Theater, 1 Letterman Drive San Francisco, CA 94129 Sony Pictures Imageworks was tasked with breaking the rules in order to create a stylized universe and bring Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse to the big screen. From animation to Read more
Date and time: Thursday, November 1, 2018 · 7:30 – 9:30pm PDT Location: Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street Berkeley, CA 94704 The SIGGRAPH 2018 Computer Animation Festival is a collection of animation shorts premiered at the SIGGRAPH International Conference last August. The Festival started as an annual showcase of Read more
Date and time: Thursday, October 11, 2018 · 7 – 9pm PDT Location: Berkeley City College Auditorium, 2050 Center Street, Berkeley, CA 94704 Exploring the cinematic language of Incredibles 2, we will cover its influences, motivations, and implementation in the movie. Together we will look at visual concept for the Read more
Date and time: Thursday, May 17, 2018 · 6:30 – 9:30pm PDT Location: Zynga, 699 8th St San Francisco, CA 94103 YouTube aims to be the best place for Creators to build and reach an audience. Within this, the “Creator to Fan” relationship is key. This talk explores the value Read more
Health and creativity optimization via immersive technology and bioinformatics Hosted by SF ACM SIGGRAPH and the Manhattan Producers’ Alliance. A deep dive into connections between brain health, physical exercise and creative flow that result in an optimal human state. We present a fascinating discussion about how immersive technology can quantifiably Read more
Art & Music by Google Brain Magenta: with David Ha and Adam Roberts We will be discussing our work on using deep learning to create methods that can generate art (sketches and music), and in creating these tools we explore how artists and musicians can use them in their work. Read more
Date and time: Thursday, November 16, 2017 · 7 – 9pm PST Location: Berkeley City College, 2050 Center Street Theater Lower Level, BERKELEY, CA 94709 The SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival is a traveling show of a Collection of Animation Shorts. Berkeley City College is co-hosting with Siggraph San Francisco Chapter. Read more
Dreamworks PipelineX is a unique approach to building a highly-scalable, multi-functional, and production-friendly feature animation pipeline on a core infrastructure comprised of microservices. We discuss basic service layer design as well as the benefits and challenges of moving decades-old production processes for an entire animation studio to a new, transactional pipeline Read more
Creating a believable hero will propose some guidelines and approaches for game developers with a desire to create a hero that will feel real to the player. The discussion will cover a beginning to end process of creating a believable character and can apply to any style of art. The Read more
This month the popular AR/VR format returns with guest speakers from Baobab and Meta Larry Cutler | Baobab What are the differences between making a VR animated experience and a 2D animated film? How do you create empathetic characters in VR? How do you direct the viewer’s eyes when you Read more