Sébastien Deguy

Allegorithmic (eBook, PDF)

The Company That Brought Substance to the World of 3D

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This engaging narrative by Sébastien Deguy, the visionary founder and CEO of the company, chronicles the growth of Allegorithmic from its inception as a small startup to becoming a leader in digital content creation, pivotal in shaping the visual aesthetics of video games and films.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040273364
• Artikelnr.: 72523934

Autorenporträt

Sébastien Deguy is a prominent figure in the field of 3D Computer Graphics and Immersive technology. He founded Allegorithmic in 2003, building upon his doctoral thesis which he had completed at the turn of 2002. Under his leadership, Allegorithmic developed the Substance tool suite and became a market leader in the production workflows for various industries, including Video Games, Film, TV, Industrial Design, and Marketing. In January 2019, when Allegorithmic was acquired by Adobe, Deguy assumed the role of Vice President of 3D & Immersive at Adobe. His work has significantly influenced the development and application of 3D technology across multiple sectors, and he has been awarded a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award by the Academy in 2023 for his contribution to the art and science of movie making.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Preamble and Introduction
Part II 1996 - 1998
Chapter 01 Key meetings
Chapter 02 DEA, Femis
Part III 1998 - 2001
Chapter 03 PhD Thesis
Chapter 04 Teaching
Chapter 05 Convergence
Part IV 2002 - 2003
Chapter 06 Incubation
Chapter 07 TAON 2, TAON3
Chapter 08 Conferences
Part V 2003 - 2007
Chapter 09 Beginnings
Chapter 10 Special Effects and Projects
Chapter 11 Presence in America
Chapter 12 Luxology and Imagesyth
Chapter 13 Dave Taylor, RoboBlitz, and ProFX
Chapter 14 Technical Demos
Chapter 15 Autodesk: first contacts
Chapter 16 NVIDIA and Pachinko
Chapter 17 Summary of Progress up to mid-2007, and conclusion of this
period
Part VI 2007 - 2011
Chapter 18 Investment from Dassault Systèmes
Chapter 19 The team grows, new offices
Chapter 20 Prospection in Asia, and Redux
Chapter 21 Demos, products, and conferences
Chapter 22 Autodesk again
Chapter 23 A second round of investment
Chapter 24 Unity
Chapter 25 Summary of progress up to mid-2011, and conclusion of this
period
Part VII 2011 - 2015
Chapter 26 PBR and Substance Designer
Chapter 27 Naughty Dog, alpha-site for Substance Designer
Chapter 28 Premises
Chapter 29 Substance Painter
Chapter 30 Demos, games, and products
Chapter 31 Contests,
Chapter 32 Conferences and commercial prospection
Chapter 33 New markets
Chapter 34 Summary of progress up to mid-2015, and conclusion of this
period
Part VIII 2015 - 2019
Chapter 35 Structure and Culture
Chapter 36 Our Products
Chapter 37 The Meet MAT Contest
Chapter 38 Conferences and Substance Days
Chapter 39 Investment in Adone, in 2017
Chapter 40 Global Gatherings
Chapter 41 X-TAON: the Allegorithmic concept car, and the contest
Chapter 42 Sale to Adobe
Chapter 43 Summary of progress up to the beginning of 2019, and conclusion
of this
period
Part IX Conclusion and Postface
References
Index