Intelligent Creatures switches to eyeon Fusion

Intelligent Creatures announced their decision to define their pipeline with the entire eyeon suite of technologies and workflow methodologies. "We've been working closely with eyeon to develop a new pipeline around Fusion and Generation project management and shot review. The ability for artists to review their work in the context of an active timeline is amazing," explained Eric Doiron, Compositing Supervisor at Intelligent Creatures. With a long history in helping directors tell the most compelling stories possible in such films as Battle: Los Angeles, Watchmen, Babel, The Fountain, Stranger Than Fiction, and Mr & Mrs. Smith, Intelligent Creatures are one of the industry's most creative VFX firms. When asked to respond to the benefits of Fusion, Doiron elaborates, "I really like how Fusion approaches depth compositing and volumetric effects. Through efficient use of the world position pass, Fusion achieves beautiful volume masking and fog effects in a format with a very small data footprint. And since calculations are in world space, the solution is independent of the camera point of view. The low data overhead rendering in near real time allows for more iterations and reduced turnaround time. This gives artists incredible creative freedom up until the last minute, and provides significant savings for the producers." See our eyeon lineup page here.