Premo: DreamWorks Animation´s New Approach to Animation

Author

DiLorenzo, Paul Carmen

Volume

35

Issue

4

fYear

2015

fDate

July-Aug. 2015

Firstpage

14

Lastpage

21

Abstract

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.

Keywords

computer animation; rendering (computer graphics); 3D animation; DreamWorks Animation; Premo; animation approach; animator experience; complex environments; feature animated film; natural interface; professional animation tools; real-time lighting; rendered images; Animation; Films; Lighting; Motion pictures; Production; Visualization; 3D animation; Apollo; DreamWorks Animation; LibEE; Premo; animation; character animation; computer graphics; graphics applications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2015.83

Filename

7160909