Dan Golembeski
ABSTRACT
Here we present 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 operating against a compartmentalized technology stack. The goal is to clean up the clutter of a legacy pipeline and enable a more flexible production environment using modern, web-based technology.
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Digital Library
- Chris Johnson, Josef Tobiska, Josh Tomlinson, Nico Van den Bosch, and Wil Whaley. 2014. A framework for global visual effects production pipelines. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2014 Talks (SIGGRAPH '14). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 57, 1 pages. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Bill Polson. 2015. A conceptual framework for pipeline. In Proceedings of the 2015 Symposium on Digital Production (DigiPro '15), Stephen Spencer (Ed.). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 51--52. Google ScholarDigital Library
- Jim Vanns and Aaron Carey. 2016. A fully cloud-based global visual effects studio. In ACM SIGGRAPH 2016 Talks (SIGGRAPH '16). ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article 72, 2 pages. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- PipelineX: a feature animation pipeline on microservices
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