Summer Intern - Technical - Rendering
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Burbank, CAThis was removed by the employer on 3/18/2017 5:02:00 PM PST
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Full Time Unpaid Internship
Walt Disney Animation Studios Technology Department develops software to support production of our animated films. The internship will be held at our Burbank, CA studio for a duration of 12 weeks beginning in the summer of 2017.
This intern project will investigate automated processes for geometric and material complexity reduction with a focus on representing complex sub-pixel geometry for more efficient rendering. The project's goal is to research, evaluate, and recommend alternative techniques to aggregate this information to allow for artist flexibility and reusability beyond a single shot setup, with potential future applications to final and preview rendering, faster scene interaction, and shot dressing.
Responsibilities
• Investigate geometric and material simplification techniques associated with level-of-detail
• Research potential advancements and applicability for production problem-spaces
• Design an experiment to measure efficacy of proposed techniques
• Prototype techniques as outlined in the experiment
• Measure the expected memory and runtime advantages
• Prepare presentation with conclusive recommendations on future work
• Maintain continual project updates via internal blog
• Collaboratively publish if appropriate
Requirements
• Masters or PhD candidate with a focus on computer graphics
• C 11
• Linux
• Strong desire to engage with different roles in technology and production to understand problem space, prior development, and production needs
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with material acquisition and geometric simplification
• Experience with Monte-Carlo path tracing
• Strong software engineering skills
• Comfortable in a collaborative environment and also able to self-manage and work independently
• Familiarity with Python
The Walt Disney Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.