Andrea Weidlich’s Post

We are honored to announce that Wētā FX's Pavani Rao Boddapati will be delivering a keynote at this year's #EGSR, sharing insights into her amazing and inspiring work on Avatar: The Way of Water. As a reminder, the deadline for abstract submissions for the academic track is fast approaching, so be sure to submit your work soon! The deadline for submissions to the industry track is May 25st. https://lnkd.in/e2EZgTcg

This year's #Eurographics Symposium on Rendering will be held in Delft from June 28th-30th, and I am honoured to be one of the paper chairs together with Tobias Ritschel. The industry track will be again part of #EGSR where you can publish ideas that have found practical use in industry and could impact the future of #rendering research, but might not meet the expectations of scientific evaluation expected in formal research papers. https://lnkd.in/endRXpbu

Last week was my last day at Weta Digital. I am immensely grateful that I had the opportunity to create Manuka's material system, and I'm proud of what we achieved. The last eight years were mind-bending, but I feel it's time for a new adventure. My next stop will be NVIDIA where I will start in January. Thank you Weta for allowing me to play a small part in the big world of movie-making.

You always wanted to know why #Weta's in-house renderer #Manuka is spectral? You can learn more about this and other interesting topics in our course "Spectral Imaging in Production" at this year's #Siggraph. https://lnkd.in/gq3zJrht Course notes can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gXmP3eVa