CTO at Lucasfilm/Industrial Light & Magic
San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2011
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Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Upcoming new @openusd release adds support for oneTBB and makes boost an optional dependency. 🙏
The release candidate for OpenUSD 24.08 is now available on GitHub under the 24.08-rc1 tag. 24.08 is currently scheduled for release on Monday, July 22nd.
See the CHANGELOG for what's new in this release
github.com/PixarAnimationStu…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Looking forward to the MaterialX Virtual Townhall on August 2nd, featuring a brand new open shading model from Adobe and Autodesk, MaterialX technology updates from Pixar and NVIDIA, and new MaterialX graph editors from Remedy Entertainment and IKEA. events.linuxfoundation.org/o…
Not your usual "making of" video for @ILMVFX. Super fun to see this rolled out!
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Up for a game of chess? ♟
This rendering of the Open Chess Set in the Pixar campus environment is a preview of what’s possible with #MaterialX support through @OpenUSD in an upcoming version of @PixarsRenderMan. Thanks to the @AcademySWF for making this collaboration possible!
Big congratulations to the award winners this year - always nice to see technology rewarded when it's in the service of filmmaking!
press.oscars.org/news/8-scie…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
I'm proud to report that the Open MaterialX Graph Editor has landed in MaterialX main! Congratulations to my colleague Emma Holthouser on this important step forward, and we look forward to additional community collaborations on this project in the future. github.com/AcademySoftwareFo…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
VES is proud to announce the new Emerging Technology Award, celebrating creators of state-of-the-art technology behind the visuals & the collaboration btw art & science in VFX. Inaugural award to be bestowed at #VESAwards in Feb 2023.
More info - vesglobal.org/press-releases…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
VFX Reference Platform CY2023 is now Final. Full details at vfxplatform.com
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
The moment you've all been waiting for: The SIGGRAPHCO2 post-conference poll. Please spread this around to anybody you know who went to SIGGRAPH/DigiPro, and also coworkers who attended virtually or not at all (so we have a baseline).
forms.gle/4LsU88f21KnNbVGKA
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Last week @SIGGRAPH the VFX Linux Task Force published a report with their recommendations for all VFX & Animation studios and their software providers to align on a common set of Linux distributions over the next 18 months. Find out more at vfxplatform.com/linux
If you’re somehow awake this morning after a full siggraph week, this should be a fun discussion!
Join us today at 9 am PDT for Featured Speaker session "The Collision of Technology and Art" 🎨 💥 💻 to hear top creators discuss how art and technology push each other to benefit great storytelling. (cc: @AMD @Pixar @Lucasfilm @pixarsrenderman @ILMVFX) bit.ly/3QfFx8q
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
The CY2023 Draft platform has been updated at vfxplatform.com. Please send your feedback for consideration before we lock down CY2023 Final at the end of August. You can also join the discussion at groups.google.com/g/vfx-plat…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Are you interested in electrical engineering and virtual production? Check out our these two positions at Technoprops and be in the middle of the innovations at ILM and Lucasfilm: jobs.jobvite.com/lucascompan…
I know everyone's been waiting longer than usual for this one, but please nudge anyone you know to submit if they have something to contribute in any of these categories - deadline is March 18th!
13 distinct scientific and technical investigations have been launched for 2022. oscars.org/news/academy-inve…
Can confirm we appreciate all of Rachel’s contributions across all of @ILMVFX as well!
We so appreciate all of Rachel Rose's (@ILMVFX) contributions to the Academy Software Foundation. Read her recent article on the state of open source in VFX & animation: postmagazine.com/Publication…
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
Hopefully this will be a helpful resource for many in the VFX and animation studio community, and for our software partners. Thank you to all those that responded to the survey. Lots of great insights when looked at collectively.
The Studio Platform Survey Report has just been published providing unique insights about the platform needs of the VFX and Animation studio community and making recommendations to nurture a healthy and sustainable platform ecosystem for the future. bit.ly/VRP21Rep.
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
The water quality in Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, is monitored by clams. If the water gets too toxic, they close, and the triggers shut off the city’s water supply automatically [read more: buff.ly/35gPYTu] [documentary trailer: vimeo.com/398813930]
Francois Chardavoine retweeted
The camera aboard the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite captured this unique and iconic view of the Moon as it moved in front of the sunlit side of Earth in August 2015, from a distance of 1 million miles [read more: buff.ly/1Pio3lv]
