Tad Miller
ABSTRACT
In 2017, Walt Disney Animation Studios began a transition towards Universal Scene Description (USD) as its primary data interchange format [Pixar 2016]. The design and roll out encompassed production on Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Raya and the Last Dragon” and “Encanto”. In addition to the general challenge of revamping a production pipeline, the studio was fully remote for a majority of the deployment. Even though pipeline changes were extensively tested during development, exercising fundamental pipeline changes in production invariably uncovered many issues. As such, the undertaking required a significant amount of communication and coordination among software developers, technical directors, artists and show leadership.
- Pixar. 2016. Introduction to USD. http://openusd.org/.Google Scholar
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