Cortex is one of Image Engine’s primary open source projects, where we have released the core libraries underlying our internal software development. These provide datatypes and algorithms applicable to a broad spectrum of visual effects development and are of use in multiple third-party applications thanks to support libraries for Maya, Nuke, Houdini, and RenderMan.
Gaffer is an open-source application for node-based scene generation, look development, lighting, rendering, compositing, and pipeline automation. Gaffer has been used and extended in production at Image Engine since they were open-sourced in 2011. It is vital to nearly our entire pipeline, forming the basis of any node-based system we develop.
SIGGRAPH 2022 – Introduction to Gaffer [Video below]
FMX 2019 – OSL – Beyond Shading
FMX 2019 – Gaffer and Arnold, Production Rendering on the CPU and GPU
SIGGRAPH 2018 – Practical Denoising for VFX Production Using Temporal Blur [Paper] and Gaffer: Open Source Lookdev, Lighting, and Automation [Video below]
SIGGRAPH 2022 – Introduction to Gaffer [Video]
FMX 2019 – OSL – Beyond Shading
FMX 2019 – Gaffer and Arnold, Production Rendering on the CPU and GPU
SIGGRAPH 2018 – Gaffer: Open Source Lookdev, Lighting, and Automation [Video] and Practical Denoising for VFX Production Using Temporal Blur [Paper]
DigiPro 2016 – Gaffer: An Open-Source Application Framework for VFX [Video] and [Paper]
SIGGRAPH 2015 – Breathing Life into Chappie [Video]
SIGGRAPH 2014 – Silencing the Noise on Elysium [Video] and Silencing the Noise on Elysium [Paper]
DigiPro 2014 – Choreographed Droid Destruction on Elysium [Paper]
FMX 2014 – Developing a Unified Pipeline with Character
SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 – Inside “Elysium” From Earth to the Ring [Paper]
DigiPro 2013 – Developing A Unified Pipeline with Character [Paper]
SIGGRAPH 2011 – Introduction to Cortex Part 1 [Video]