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e d i t i o n i , 2 0 2 0 c g w 3 1 with far less resources than a traditional commercial project. "We were looking to manage and render a ton of pixels with only two dedicated technical personnel, so we wanted to take advantage of what had already been done development-wise. We built our pipeline around Shotgun, and then looked at partner technology that we could easily hook into. Deadline was the fastest and easiest to use, and, with its cloud-compatibility, it was a no-brainer," Fidrick says. While working in Griffith Park is beneficial to the project (and picturesque), the studio has not yet been outfitted with advanced fiber connectivity. Fidrick explains, "We've made do with satellite internet for the time being but look forward to being able to scale up with the cloud on AWS. Having Deadline already in place means we're well-posi- tioned to easily augment our on-premises resources with cloud elasticity. Our render wrangler is always asking for more blades, so I'm excited to get that piece in place for future endeavors." Niemack adds, "Bringing this project to life has been very educational in terms of pipeline and workflow. For the most part, our tools have continued to perform as ex- pected, but there's been a big industry shi in terms of rendering. When we built our renderfarm in 2017 with an initial 36 blades, cloud-based resources were not a consider- ation. Over the course of production, we've had to keep adding hardware, which comes with an expiration date. I don't have any regrets, but there's definitely another way to go, and I think we're going to keep moving in that direction." Signs of Life features 244 3D assets and comprises 46 shots totaling more than 120,000 frames of animation. For more information on the Griffith Ob- servatory Samuel Oschin Planetarium, includ- ing upcoming Signs of Life showings starting in June 2020, visit: www.griffithobservatory. org/programs/soplanetarium.html. This Mars sequence in Aram Chaos crater reveals river valleys and geological features that appear to have been formed by the flow of water. This shot shows an asteroid hitting a newly formed planet, which sends super- heated magma flying in all directions and creates an enormous ejecta cone. A flyover animation of exoplanet Trappist-1e shows both the dry, rocky landscape and then its cold, frozen side due to its lack of rotation. 2020, Issue 1: COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD (USPS 665-250) (ISSN-0271-4159) is published bi-monthly with special additional issues in January and July resulting in 8 issues per year by COP Communications, Inc. Corporate offices: 620 West Elk Avenue, Glendale, CA 91204, Tel: 818-291-1100; FAX: 818-291-1190; Web Address: info@copprints.com. Pe- riodicals Postage Paid at Glendale, CA, 91205 & additional mailing offices. COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD is distributed worldwide. Annual subscription prices are $72, USA; $98, Canada & Mexico; $150 International airfreight. To order subscriptions, call 847-559-7310. © 2020 CGW by COP Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. No material may be reprinted without permission. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by Computer Graphics World, ISSN-0271-4159, provided that the appropriate fee is paid directly to Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 USA 508-750-8400. Prior to photocopying items for educational classroom use, please contact Copyright Clearance Center Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923 USA 508-750-8400. For further information check Copyright Clearance Center Inc. online at: www.copyright.com. The COMPUTER GRAPHICS WORLD fee code for users of the Transactional Reporting Services is 0271-4159/96 $1.00 + .35. POSTMASTER: Send change of address form to Computer Graphics World, P.O. Box 3296, Northbrook, IL 60065-3296.

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