Since Alembic's 1.0 release, solution providers such as Autodesk, The Foundry, Solid Angle, Side Effects and Luxology have added Alembic support in their product lines. This new release continues to add requested features while maintaining the speed and compatibility the industry has come to expect,' says Rob Bredow, Chief Technology Officer, Sony Pictures Imageworks. 'We've been very grateful to see Alembic broadly adopted across the VFX and Animation industries application providers and studios around the world. The code base for Alembic is available for download on the project's Google Code site and more information can be found online at: Feature updates to the Maya plug-in will also be included.

ILM notably using the software for their work on the 2012 blockbuster The Avengers and Sony Pictures Imageworks on the 2012 worldwide hits Men in Black 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man in addition to the upcoming animated feature Hotel Transylvania, scheduled for release September 28, 2012.Īlembic 1.1's updates include Python API bindings, support for Lights, Materials, and Collections, as well as core performance improvements and bug fixes. Since the software's debut last year both companies have integrated the technology into their production pipelines.

The software focuses on efficiently storing and sharing animation and visual effects scenes across multiple software applications. Joint development of Alembic was first announced at SIGGRAPH 2010 and Alembic 1.0 was released to the public at the 2011 ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in Vancouver. released its newest improvements and updates at this year's ACM SIGGRAPH Conference. LOS ANGELES, CA – Aug– Alembic 1.1, the open source project jointly developed by Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) and Lucasfilm Ltd. Click here to see the video from our press event at SIGGRAPH 2011.ĪFTER A YEAR OF INDUSTRY ADOPTION, LUCASFILM AND SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS RELEASE ALEMBIC 1.1ĪLEMBIC is an open source exchange format that is becoming the industry standard for exchanging animated computer graphics between content creation software packages.

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