The Visual Effects department is cross-functional, contributing to the production throughout the process, from effects’ previzualisation to some rendering for compositing.

At last, alongside the Compositing and Surfacing Departments, the Lighting Department ensures the rendered movie quality, by refining and correcting all the visual details of each shot.

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Finally the Lighting team masters the technical aspects of the rendering software, as they control image quality and rendering duration.

The first and second assistants are responsible for the importing of elements coming from the other departments. They also publish the editing of sequences and potential changes approved by the director and the editor so that all departments work with updated references.

The Character Rigging department receives meshes and shapes from Character Modeling. They actorize the character with a skeleton, deformers and controllers. They also integrate the CFX rig (clothes and hair). They produce an Actor-Ok for each character that will be used for the Layout and Animation.

An illustrator-graphic designer is also part of the team. His role is to design visuals for posters, product packaging, shop signs, user interface designs (control rooms, dashboards, etc…) that appear in the sets of animated feature films currently in production.

The Hair Department works on the meshes of the Character Modeling to install the character hairstyles (cut, volume and shading). The shading will then be sent to Character Surfacing for integration into the Shading-Ok.

The VFX department works from Setdress or CFX shots to deliver either to the OCC (pipeline) or compositing department for rendered elements.

The Sets & Props Modeling creates the meshes of the sets and props based on the designs and Maya scenes provided by the Art Department. Those meshes are then givent to the Rigging to be actorized and to the Surfacing to be textured.

The retina is lined with many millions of photoreceptor cells that consist of two types: 7 million cones provide color information and sharpness of images, and 120 million rods are extremely sensitive detectors of white light to provide night vision. The tops of the rods and cones contain a region filled with membrane-bound discs, which contain the molecule cis-retinal bound to a protein called opsin. The resulting complex is called rhodopsin or "visual purple".

The Animation realizes the action of the characters. We distinguish between Animation Main, which deals with the main actors, and Animation Crowd, which deals with the crowds and extras. The animation movies are regularly sent to the Editorial Department to be integrated into the editing process. Once the shot is validated (and very often in the process of finalizing the shot), the VFX team takes the scene in hand to install the special effects. Next, Set Dressing finalizes the layout of the set elements to perfect the composition of the frame and CFX verifies the clothing and hairstyle simulations. The scene is then exported for a first verification rendering: the Occ.

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The VFX department at Illumination Studios Paris not only produces effects (water, smoke, explosions, snow, clouds…), it also produces natural set elements such as trees, grass, vegetation in general, and tools for crowd simulation.

The molecule cis-retinal can absorb light at a specific wavelength. When visible light hits the cis-retinal, the cis-retinal undergoes an isomerization, or change in molecular arrangement, to all-trans-retinal. The new form of trans-retinal does not fit as well into the protein, and so a series of geometry changes in the protein begins. The resulting complex is referred to a bathrhodopsin (there are other intermediates in this process, but we'll ignore them for now).

In character-heavy shots, the animation of crowds and extras is handled by the Animation Crowd. These animation layers follow the same process as a Main Animation layer: VFX, CFX and Occ.

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Set Surfacing receives the meshes from the Modeling Set with a first UV unfolding. They work on the shaders and textures. They produce a Shading-Ok for each character which will be used for the final rendering in Lighting.

The Layout sets up the staging of the scenes (camera axes, rhythm of the main action, sequence of shots…). They work on scenes containing several consecutive shots called Masters. Their movies are regularly sent to the Editorial Department to be integrated into the editing process. The validated Masters then go to the Technical Layout to be prepared for the Animation.

Character Modeling receives the designs from the Art Dep and makes the meshes and shapes of the characters. These meshes will then be sent to Rigging for acting and to Surfacing for texturing.

Animation Fixing makes a technical check of the animation plans. It is responsible for all “post-anim” elements for the following departments: CFX, VFX, lighting. He offers solutions to improve the management of problematic shots and to optimize the animation pipeline.

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The Lighting Department receives from the Pipeline Department the final shots, including VFX and CFX, and export them to the in-house rendering software. The Lighting team setups the lights and the mood using Art Department references, and then enhances the lighting quality of each shot.

Stereo is involved in the Layout to set up the stereo camera settings. They define the IOC (inter-ocular), the HIT (horizontal image translation) and the Toe (convergence) to adjust the stereo. They intervene in Animation and finalize their settings in Compositing.

Relying on the script breakdown, storyboarders produce a series of drawings describing, shot by shot, the action of the film. It is the first version of the movie once edited, the animatic.

Working alongside the Hair department and in close collaboration with the Art Director and the Lighting department, the Character Surfacing artists will create the textures, the shaders and an appearance that will adapt to 3D rendering, while keeping the conformity with the initial design.

Occ 2 is the second technical pass that serves as a final verification of the animation before exporting to the Lighting department.

The Set Dressing Department dress the sets of all shots with props, furniture and vegetation while refining the graphic and dynamic composition of the overall image.

The VFX department at Illumination Studios Paris not only produces effects (water, smoke, explosions, snow, clouds…), it also produces natural set elements such as trees, grass, vegetation in general, and tools for crowd simulation.

It also develops several tools intended to the artists (Maya, Nuke, Asset Manager…), to the production team, accounting and archives exploitation.

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Vision is such an everyday occurrence that we seldom stop to think and wonder how we are able to see the objects that surround us. Yet the vision process is a fascinating example of how light can produce molecular changes. The retina contain the molecules that undergo a chemical change upon absorbing light, but it is the brain that actually makes sense of the visual information to create an image.

Light energy can convert chemical to other forms. Vitamin A, also known as retinol, anti-dry eye vitamins, is a required nutrition for human health. The predecessor of vitamin A is present in the variety of plant carotene. Vitamin A is critical for vision because it is needed by the retina of eye. Retinol can be convert to retinal, and retinal is a chemical necessary for rhodopsin. As light enters the eye, the 11-cis-retinal is isomerized to the all-"trans" form.

It can also be produced on a modeled surface to then be projected. It will create parallax in shots that include camera movement.

The Occ 1 is a first technical pass. It is a strange looking animation video that allows you to see if everything is where it should be. From there, the same shot goes through four different departments.

The VFX department works from Setdress or CFX shots to deliver either to the OCC (pipeline) or compositing department for rendered elements.

Production is responsible for the smooth running of the manufacture of the movies. Production supervisors, manager and associate production managers (APM) work closely with the directors, producers and department supervisors. There tasks include the establishment and management of budgets, the monitoring of the teams’ schedules and of the production process.

Compositing includes grading, integration, optical effects (depth of field, flares, camera lens distortion, etc…), effects (NukeX particles), all that while emphasizing on the character animation and the visual narrative.

The VFX department works from Setdress or CFX shots to deliver either to the OCC (pipeline) or compositing department for rendered elements.

The Technical Layout (TLO) department receives the approved shots from the Layout department. The artists check the conformity of all the elements (characters, sets and props) that appear in the shots to obtain consistent and complete scenes. The TLO also produces the layering in order to cut the shots in different layers of animation for the Crowd Animation department.

The VFX department at Illumination Studios Paris not only produces effects (water, smoke, explosions, snow, clouds…), it also produces natural set elements such as trees, grass, vegetation in general, and tools for crowd simulation.

The Visual Effects department is cross-functional, contributing to the production throughout the process, from effects’ previzualisation to some rendering for compositing.

Part of the development of the project along with script writing, concept art lays the foundations of our animation design by producing an idea that aims to capture the visual feel of the project, and serves as a point of reference throughout the entire creative process.

Implicated in the creative process from pre-production, the Character Surfacing also provides a technical and artistic oversight throughout the production process.

The light image is mapped on the surface of the retina by activating a series of light-sensitive cells known as rods and cones or photoreceptors. The rods and cones convert the light into electrical impulses which are transmitted to the brain via nerve fibers. The brain then determines, which nerve fibers carried the electrical impulse activate by light at certain photoreceptors, and then creates an image.

The Visual Effects department is cross-functional, contributing to the production throughout the process, from effects’ previzualisation to some rendering for compositing.

The Lighting Department works closely with the R&D Department for the development of the rendering software, by adjusting it to the newest technologies and to the specific needs of the film, sequence or shot.

The main role of the Research & Development department is to propose new technologies in order to enhance the level of quality of our films, or the efficiency and the convenience of the production.

Light is one of the most important resources for civilization, it provides energy as it pass along by the sun. Light influence our everyday live. Living organisms sense light from the environment by photoreceptors. Light, as waves carry energy, contains energy by different wavelength. In vision, light is the stimulus input. Light energy goes into eyes stimulate photoreceptor in eyes. However, as an energy wave, energy is passed on through light at different wavelength.

The lighter also supervises the rendering which is calculated on different layers, in order to ensure that the Compositing department, with who he works in pair, can work efficiently.

The artists have various tools at their disposal to sculpt some type of volume and add numerous details that will bring life to the character.

The team is responsible for the development and the maintenance of tools that will be either integrated in commercial software (plugins for Maya, Nuke, etc…), or proposed as in-house developed applications, such as the rendering engine or the asset manager.

The Sets and Props Rigging department builds the skeleton of the objects produced by the Sets&Props Modeling department. It installs the system (eg. skeleton, deformers, controllers, etc…) that will allow layout and animation to bring life to those objects.

Editorial steps in the moment the first images from storyboard are delivered and operates until the completion phase of the film. Therefore the editor works closely with the director throughout the production process.

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The IT team is responsible for ensuring the development of the information system (workstations, infrastructure servers, storage servers, network equipment, render farm…) and the availability of hardware and software assets for all employees.

Here is a short description of our production pipeline, in order to show the diversity of departments for which we are hiring.

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As the protein changes its geometry, it initiates a cascade of biochemical reactions that results in changes in charge so that a large potential difference builds up across the plasma membrane. This potential difference is passed along to an adjoining nerve cell as an electrical impulse. The nerve cell carries this impulse to the brain, where the visual information is interpreted.

Light, as waves carry energy, contains energy by different wavelength. From long wavelength to short wavelength, energy increase. 400 nm to 700 nm is visible spectrum.

The department will also eventually integrate systems that will help some simulations of CFX (Cloth dynamics such as curtains, napkins, etc…), Hair (grass, carpet, fur) and VFX (vegetation, wreckage) departments. The Set&Props Rigging department is also responsible for the pipeline and the Maya tools used by the departments Sets&Props Modeling, Surfacing and Rigging departments.

Working from a flat surface, the Matte Painting department paints part of the set of the shot while making sure some empty spaces are left within the image in which one or more shots will be integrated.

Compositors put together the layers coming from lighting and matte painting with the software Nuke, and give the final artistic look to the image, working closely with the director and the artistic director.

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Editorial is a department in the heart of the production process. It produces the references in terms of shots, timing, sound, etc… and receives shots from the other departments in order to include them in the film edit as the project progresses.

The reaction above shows Lysine side-chain from the opsin react with 11-cis-retinal when stimulated. By removing the oxygen atom from the retinal and two hydrogen atom from the free amino group of the lysine, the linkage show on the picture above is formed, and it is called Schiff base.

In human eyes, rod and cones react to light stimulation, and a series of chemical reactions happen in cells. These cells receive light, and pass on signals to other receiver cells. This chain of process is class signal transduction pathway. Signal transduction pathway is a mechanism that describe the ways cells react and response to stimulation.

All the designs will provide a basis to the characters and sets&props modeling departments. Concerning the sets, the Art Department will also produce Maya scenes in order to establish the volumes for the implementation of the sets.

Lighting and Compositing deptaments are always working in pair, on the artistic look of the film, the layering and the different technical issues they might encounter.

In order to polish the frame’s composition, the Set Dressing Department finalized the set layout to ensure continuity and to highlight the animated characters’ performance. From the animation main and crowd shots, the Set Dressing team delivers finished shots to the Lighting – Compositing.

The coloring is intended for the surfacing. The Art Department produces reference pictures for the Lighting, Matte Painting and Compositing departments in the form of color scripts and color keys.