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Writer's pictureJosiah Forbes

3D Animation Pipeline

Updated: Jun 20, 2023


Create a blog post and label it "3D production

pipeline" and using the guide provided you are

to find images and explain the following

questions:


Outline 8 pipeline processes and describe

their role briefly. Use Industry

professionals, references, images and

Video to help describe the process.

Give an example of what could go wrong

In the pipeline?

Why is the schedule so important within

the pipeline?

Why is it good to know other areas and

10DS inside the pipelne



idea,


STory and something maybe



Editorial


Art

visual development artists,

the artists make the art. wow

If good - good

if it bad - it bad dont use smelly peice of trash


Modelling

they make the models of everything...

wireframe of character, sculpt it, check it looks good from all angles


rigging

they add joints muscle and fat to characters

and stuf like skin wrink

les



surfacing artists

add couour and texture

how light interacts


they make a library of stuff like metla plastic ect, and figure out how variatoms like dirt, shine, skratches, would look on each surfacce00


Rough Layout

puts stuff together

they get storyboards and recate in 3d pace. setup cinematgory and staging


Animateion Prep

they like put all the characters in the place where tey gonna be to figure out sizing n stuff idk


Stero pass, for left and right eye



Animation


they move the pupets, also use refrences of people doing the actions

figure out how characters move

someitmes 3,000 controlls

HTTYD 6,000 controlls


crowds

they do eaxtras

make a brain with procedural animation, smple animations to applu to large amounts of actors


character effects

everthing extra that moves


clothing, hair, fur, prop, anytig characres interact with, bulging cushions being sat on


FX

explosions stuff

footprints, leaves in wind, changing colour stuff,


matte painting

colour in backgrounds ect



lighting

tell the story more with llighting



IMage Finalaing

cleans up inperfections



sound deisg


composer comes ot higthen adn enchance story, records score with orchestra

then mix happens with all audio,,



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