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Wśród docenionych wynalazków
znalazły się m.in.: system optyczny, który tworzy iluzję drżenia obrazu;
systemy wspierające prace z blu- i green-screenami; pionierskie systemy
pozwalające odwzorować filmowe obrazy; program ułatwiający współpracę elementów
cyfrowych i aktorskich.
Pełna lista wyróżnionych
wynalazków i innowacji (w oryginale):
TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD (ACADEMY
CERTIFICATE)
To Michael John Keesling for the design and
development of Image Shaker, an optical system that convincingly creates the
illusion of the camera shaking in a variable and repeatable manner.
The Image Shaker was unique and superior to
alternatives in use when it was invented two decades ago, and it continues to
be used today.
To David McIntosh, Steve Smith, Mike Branham
and Michael Kirilenko for the engineering and development of the Aircover
Inflatables Airwall.
This system of modular inflatable panels can be
erected on location, at lengths reaching hundreds of feet, with exceptional
speed and safety. When used to support blue or green screens, the Airwall
permits composite shots of unprecedented scale.
To Trevor Davies, Thomas Wan, Jon Scott Miller,
Jared Smith and Matthew Robinson for the development of the Dolby Laboratories
PRM Series Reference Color Monitors.
The PRM’s pioneering and innovative design
allows the stable, accurate representation of images with the entire luminance
range and color gamut used in contemporary theatrical feature presentation.
To Ronald Mallet and Christoph Bregler for the
design and engineering of the Industrial Light & Magic Geometry Tracker, a
novel, general-purpose tracker and solver.
Geometry Tracker facilitates convincing
interaction of digital and live-action elements within a scene. Its precise
results and tight integration with other ILM animation technologies solve a
wider range of match-animation challenges than was previously possible.
To Jim Hourihan, Alan Trombla and Seth
Rosenthal for the design and development of the Tweak Software RV system, a
highly extensible media player system.
RV’s multi-platform toolset for review and
playback, with comprehensive APIs, has allowed studios of all sizes to take
advantage of a state-of-the-art workflow and has achieved widespread adoption
in the motion picture industry.
To Richard Chuang and Rahul C. Thakkar for the
groundbreaking design, and to Andrew Pilgrim, Stewart Birnam and Mark Kirk for
the review workflows and advanced playback features, of the DreamWorks
Animation Media Review System.
Over its nearly two decades of development,
this pioneering system enabled desktop and digital theater review. It continues
to provide artist-driven, integrated, consistent and highly scalable
studio-wide playback and interactive reviews.
To Keith Goldfarb, Steve Linn, Brian Green and
Raymond Chih for the development of the Rhythm & Hues Global DDR System.
This consistent, integrated, production
database-backed review system enables a recordable workflow and an efficient,
collaborative content review process across multiple sites and time zones.
To J Robert Ray, Cottalango Leon and Sam
Richards for the design, engineering and continuous development of Sony
Pictures Imageworks Itview.
With an extensive plugin API and comprehensive
facility integration including editorial functions, Itview provides an
intuitive and flexible creative review environment that can be deployed
globally for highly efficient collaboration.
SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARD (ACADEMY
PLAQUE)
To Brian McLean and Martin Meunier for pioneering
the use of rapid prototyping for character animation in stop-motion film
production.
LAIKA’s inventive use of rapid prototyping has
enabled artistic leaps in character expressiveness, facial animation, motion
blur and effects animation. Through highly specialized pipelines and
techniques, 3D printing capabilities have been harnessed with color uniformity,
mechanical repeatability, and the scale required to significantly enhance
stop-motion animated feature films.
To Jack Greasley, Kiyoyuki Nakagaki, Duncan
Hopkins and Carl Rand for the design and engineering of the MARI 3D texture
painting system.
Combining powerful, multilayer painting tools
and a unique texture-management system, MARI simplifies working with large,
high-resolution texture sets. It has achieved broad adoption in the visual
effects industry, often supplanting long-term in-house systems..
SPECIAL AWARD (PLAQUE)
To the Society of Motion Picture and Television
Engineers
For one hundred years, the Society’s members
have nurtured technology, provided essential standards, and offered the
expertise, support, tools and infrastructure for the creation and
post-production of motion pictures.
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