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Wednesday, May 06, 12:30
Foundry
Experimental hybrid compositing workflows with Nuke, machine learning & AI
Video on demand
In this keynote, Hugo Guerra will share some tips, tricks, and potential pipeline strategies for merging traditional compositing, machine learning, and AI. In the experimental session, Hugo will showcase research and tests done using Nuke’s new 3D System, CopyCat, and Beeble AI. During the session, Hugo will showcase the new USD pipeline, and the new ScanlineRender node for improved motion blur and filtering. He’ll also use normals and position passes for relighting, Deep renders to occlude stock footage, CopyCat Machine Learning pipelines for deflickering and upscaling. What’s more, he’ll use Beeble AI to generate fake reflection passes and PBR VFX passes to help relight the shot. In this talk, Hugo will create a fast turnaround hybrid comp/ML/AI pipeline, to enable quick responses to client feedback, as well as dramatic changes to VFX shots, without re-rendering the CG.
Hugo Guerra, Director & VFX Supervisor, Hugo's Desk
Hugo Guerra is an award-winning Director and VFX Supervisor. After finishing his Fine Arts degree, he worked in Portugal and Sweden before moving to the UK where he was a freelancer for several years.
In 2010 he joined The Mill London as a VFX Supervisor and as Head of the Nuke Department where he worked with clients like Audi, Adidas, Nike, IKEA, Panasonic, Discovery Channel, Sony, Activision, Ubisoft, etc. In 2014 Hugo joined Fire Without Smoke as a Director and Visual Effects Supervisor, working on trailers for game studios like CCP, Ubisoft, Deep Silver, Square Enix, Sony, Warhammer, etc.
Most recently Hugo worked as a VFX Supervisor for Sony Playstation, worked as a Film Director for Rebellion Studios directing the cinematic trailer for Sniper Elite 5 and Directed a commercial for Zeiss.
He is also very active as a teacher and lecturer of Visual Effects, making keynotes at festivals all over the world in partnership with BenQ, Foundry, and Ftrack. Hugo is also a content creator on YouTube with his channel Hugo's Desk and he’s the co-host of the VFX Notes Podcast with Ian Failes from Befores & Afters.
