No surprise in the title, I know, but a new press release yields some insight into just how ILM uses Autodesk products in some of the big features of the summer, such as Star Trek:
Using the hardware rendering tools of Maya, we were literally able to animate 70 shots in 5 days, a process that normally requires months for production.
Transformers:
ILM used the capabilities of a range of Autodesk software across the Transformers production pipeline: Autodesk 3ds Max software for digital matte painting, Autodesk Softimage software in the art department, Inferno/SABRE for compositing, Autodesk Backburner software for network processing and Maya as the core tool for animation, rigging and layout.
Harry Potter:
And in this summer’s upcoming Harry Potter installment, 80 artists contributed 165 shots to the film using a combination of Maya and Inferno. The scope of ILM’s work on the film includes extensive photorealistic fluid simulations of fire and water as well as crowd duplication scenes, including thousands of animated characters in a single shot.
And more.. Read the full release for all the gory details.
