Premo: DreamWorks Animation's New Approach to Animation

Premo offers a state-of-the-art animator experience with fully deforming characters, complex environments, and real-time lighting that is indicative of final rendered images. The technology used in Premo unlocks novel workflows that keep an animator highly efficient and engaged in the creative proce...

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Published inIEEE computer graphics and applications Vol. 35; no. 4; pp. 14 - 21
Main Author DiLorenzo, Paul Carmen
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Alamitos IEEE 01.07.2015
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
3D animation
Animation
Apollo
character animation
computer graphics
DreamWorks Animation
graphics applications
LibEE
Lighting
Motion pictures
Premo
Production
Visualization
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Summary:Premo offers a state-of-the-art animator experience with fully deforming characters, complex environments, and real-time lighting that is indicative of final rendered images. The technology used in Premo unlocks novel workflows that keep an animator highly efficient and engaged in the creative process. The result is a natural interface for 3D animation, in contrast to the highly technical interfaces often required by other professional animation tools. Premo was successfully deployed on the feature animated film How to Train Your Dragon 2 and is now being used by all DreamWorks animators.
ISSN:0272-1716
1558-1756
DOI:10.1109/MCG.2015.83