Side FX Solaris: A Production Perspective, Luke Gravett, SIGGRAPH Asia 2019

A retrospective look at the challenges and advantages of using the Solaris Lookdev, Layout and Lighting tools on a fullfeature production at Animal Logic. After migrating to a full USD pipeline at Animal Logic, the FX department had to create a featurerich set of tools, which allowed them to import and deliver FX and character FX through USD. To do this they developed a workflow in Houdini s Solaris. Join Luke for an indepth look at the how s, why s, challenges and BIG advantages associated with buildi