2002 - 2003 Events

 May 17, 2003 - SIGGRAPH's Mark Sylvester presents Three Tribes: The Creation of Maya
 April 15, 2003 - Design Animation Effects
 March 22, 2003 - Cancelled
 February 4, 2003 - Compositing Night
 January 7, 2003 - Miramar: a 3D Virtual Workspace developed by Intel
 December 3, 2002 - Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH Mixer
 November 5, 2002 - Screening: 2002 Electronic Theater
 July 21 - 26, 2002 - SIGGRAPH 2002 Conference in San Antonio

SIGGRAPH's Mark Sylvester
Three Tribes: The Creation of Maya

Saturday, May 17th

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.: Sign-in and Registration.
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.: Mark Sylvester presents,

SIGGRAPH meetings are free to members, $5.00 fee at the door for non members. Membership can be purchased at the door for $25.00 ($18.00 for students). Please RSVP to rsvp@cascadesiggraph.org so that we will order enough pizza.

Oregon3D & the Cascade SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter present Mark Sylvester. Mark will be giving his latest talk, Three Tribes, The Creation of Maya, followed by a Q&A. In this talk Mark will outline the history of Alias, Wavefront and Thomson Digital Images - and how the communities of users that used those packages came together during the development of the software that was just awarded a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award by the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences.

About Mark Sylvester:

Mark currently is the Creative Director and Founder of mixed grill, a Santa Barbara design firm focused on the field of Visual Communications. Mark was the co-founder of Wavefront Technologies in 1984, one of the first commercial animation software developers. In 1995 Wavefront merged with Silicon Graphics and Alias Research, and Mark served as Ambassador for the organization, Alias|Wavefront. In this role, he worked closely with the development organization and the product teams as a liaison between customers and the company ensuring a close relationship between artists and developers.


Mark initially helped to develop The Advanced Visualizer, a 3D animation system first used at Universal Pictures. The software was used by Industrial Light and Magic to create the landmark effects for the Star Wars movie, Episode Two: Attack of the Clones. The software was also used in these recent blockbuster films including, Lord of the Rings, Shrek, and Spider Man. In 2003, the software was awarded an Oscar which joins two previously awarded Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards.


Mark is a frequent speaker at industry events including Siggraph, The National Association of Broadcasters, Digital Media World (Australia ) and Nicograph (Japan ). He is a sought after judge for Digital Media contests, including the Flash Forward Film Festival, and Flash in the Can. He has published articles on computer animation, digital compositing and the future of digital production techniques. His work is also featured in the book, Return on Innovation. He recently addressed the World Animation Festival about the expanding role of virtual humans in film. The history of Wavefront, as written by Mark is included in the authoritative text, CG101, the History of Computer Graphics, by Terrance Masson.

Meeting Date: April 15
Meeting Time:
6:30pm - 7pm Gather, Eat pizza, & network
7pm - 8pm: Lecture
Location: Oregon 3D
Topic: Design Animation Effects
Speakers: Erik Vignau & Mike Wellins from Happy Hour Entertainment

· Gary Davis, industry acclaimed instructor from Oregon3D, will be showing combustion 2.1®, the latest version of Discreet's award-winning, unified paint, animation and 3D compositing software application for motion graphic designers, animators and visual effects artists.

· Lance Alameda, Discreet product specialist, will address issues involved with incorporating 3D and 2D compositing.

· Mike Olm, Discreet product specialist, will demonstrate Discreet's flame®. flame is a high-performance visual effects system, designed to empower the world's leading digital artists to work interactively on projects ranging from intensely complex visual effects of feature film to the fast paced sessions of online commercial spots.



Immediately preceding the compositing discussion Oregon3D will present several immersive 3D presentations in Oregon3D's Visualization Room which features an SGI Onyx® 3200 supercomputer and a 6x12 wall display. The supercomputing technology at Oregon3D exceeds most of what is currently used by professional creative artists in the film, video game, television production and visualization industries.



Location and Registration
The Cascade SIGGRAPH Compositing Night will take place Tuesday, Feb. 4, from 6:30 -8:30 pm at Oregon3D which is located at 735 SW 20th Pl., Ste. 230, Portland. Admission is Free for Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH members. Nonmembers will need to pay a $5.00 admission fee at the door. To insure that we have enough seating and pizza, please RSVP to rsvp@cascadesiggraph.org.

The Program

Tuesday, December 3, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Meet, talk, and eat with other people interested in computer graphics in this low-key event.

The Location

Cassidy's Restaurant has a history of holding shows of area printmakers and artists.

Cassidy's Restaurant
1331 SW Washington St
Portland, OR 97205
Tel: (503) 223-0054
http://www.cassidysrestaurant.com

Cost

The event is dutch - everyone pays for their own food and drinks. Cassidy's supplies space for the people and the art.

RSVP

Please RSVP to winnc@aii.edu. This will allow us to reserve sufficient space.

Show

We will be showing examples of people's computer-graphics works (art, drama, & fun). This is very low-key. Please contact Connie Winn to display your art at the mixer. We would like to display still art as well as animated computer graphics.

$25 - Standard Membership
$18 - Student Membership
$15 - For current ACM SIGGRAPH Members

The Event

We will be screening the "SIGGRAPH's 2002 Electronic Theater". The
world's most prestigious film and video extravaganza, showcasing
dazzling and innovative imagery in invited and submitted works selected
by a distinguished jury of computer graphics experts and specialists.
The works selected for this year's Electronic Theater take us on a
remarkable journey that combines the talent and brilliance of current
and future trends in art and science with the very best imagery
depicting comedy, drama, romance, action, adventure, fantasy, science
fiction. The Electronic Theater showed at the International SIGGRAPH
2002 Conference in San Antonio.


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Electronic Theater (Alphabetical Listing)

A Flatpack Project
John Haddon
UNITED KINGDOM

Advanced Rule-Based Simulation for "Check-in To Disaster" Stephan Trojansky
CA Scanline Production
GERMANY

Bin Can Can
Steve Agland
University of Technology, Sydney
AUSTRALIA

"Carl & Ray:" Tippett Studio 3D Character Animation Work for Blockbuster
Entertainment
Jim Bloom
Tippett Studio
USA

Coffee Love
Ty Primosch
USA

EDF La Vallée
Pierre Buffin
BUF Compagnie
FRANCE

Egg-Cola
Seon Ju, Oh
Independence Inc.
KOREA

Gjenta
Erik Bakke
USA

Gorillaz at the Brit Awards
Joanna Stevens
Passion Pictures
UNITED KINGDOM

Graphical Modeling and Animation of Ductile Fracture
James O'Brien
University of California at Berkeley
USA

Human Face Project
Yvett Merino
Walt Disney Feature Animation
USA

Le Déserteur
Olivier Coulon, Aude Danset, Paolo De Lucia, Ludovic Savonniere
Supinfocom
One Plus One
FRANCE

Like a Swarm of Angry Bees...
Ying Tan
University of Oregon
USA

Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring
Kris Rich
Digital Domain
300 Rose Avenue
Venice, California 90291 USA
krich@d2.com

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Matt Aitken
Weta Digital Ltd.
NEW ZEALAND

Mars Exploration Rover Launch
Daniel Maas
Maas Digital LLC
USA

Mosquito
Markus Manninen
Framestore CFC
UNITED KINGDOM

Nintendo "Symphony"
Annie Dautane
La Maison
FRANCE

Panic Room
Pierre Buffin
BUF Compagnie
FRANCE

Passing Moments
Don Phillips, Jr.
Ringling School of Art and Design
USA

Playgroup "Number One"
Stephanie le Baillif
Duran Duboi
FRANCE

Polygon Family: Episode 2
Hideyuki Saito
Polygon Pictures Inc.
JAPAN

Puppet
Ivan Kaplow
Ringling School of Art & Design
USA

Recycle Bein'
Dominique Boidin, Fabrice Garulli, Fabrice Rabhi, Yann Tambellini
One Plus One
FRANCE

Sarah
Justine Bonnard, Anthony Malagutti, Raniere Ludovic, Thomas Renault
Supinfocom
FRANCE

Spider-Man
Mary Reardon
Sony Pictures Imageworks
USA

Sprout
Scott Peterson
PDI Dreamworks
USA

Star Wars: Episode II "Attack of the Clones"
Jason German
Industrial Light & Magic
USA

Super Furry Animals "It's Not the End of the World"
Stephanie le Baillif
Duran Duboi
FRANCE

Tanabata
Osamu Ono
Digital Hollywood
JAPAN

The Cathedral
Tomek Baginski
Platige Image
POLAND

The Levis HVC
Samantha Steyns
Vancouver Film School
CANADA

The Snowman
Mark Medernach
Duck Soup Studios
USA

The Time Machine
Kris Rich
Digital Domain
USA

Tippett Studio Digital Human and Make Up Effects for "Blade 2"
Jim Bloom
Tippett Studio
USA

Vermeer, Master of Light
Carol Hilliard
National Gallery of Art
USA

Walking With Beasts
Mike Milne
Framestore CFC
UNITED KINGDOM

Past events