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Taming Production Complexity on AWS Cloud with Solaris and Pixar's RenderMan

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Achieving massive production complexity requires a bulletproof pipeline. In this session, Leif Pedersen and Rassoul Edji pull back the curtain on the cutting-edge infrastructure driving Outpost Alpha. Learn how they engineered a next-gen USD workflow leveraging SideFX Solaris and Pixar’s RenderMan, and see how pushing their artist and render capabilities to the AWS Cloud enabled their small team to seamlessly collaborate on this asset-heavy, giant robot-versus-kaiju short film.

Rassoul Edji

Rassoul Edji, Film Director and CEO, Luminairi

Rassoul Edji is a Filmmaker and Entrepreneur with a background in Visual Effects dedicated to creating exceptional digital films with efficiency, leveraging cutting-edge workflows, innovative technologies, and a world-class team.

 

Leif Pedersen

Leif Pedersen, Senior Technical Product Marketing Manager, Pixar's RenderMan

Leif Pedersen is a 3D and VFX artist with over 10 years of production experience and for the last decade he's been working at Pixar's RenderMan group to help showcase the advancements in rendering at Pixar and the greater Disney creative ecosystem, by creating artwork and engaging with amazing artists and engineers to make great tools that push creativity forward.