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Seneferu Pipeline & Workflow Training

Seneferu Procedural Pipeline Introduction

You will get an idea on how the CGI/VFX processes are designed, connected and configured in Seneferu and how assets, scenes and shots are related to each others

Seneferu Procedural Pipeline Overview

An Overview on how the processes are related to each others and how the pipeline is configured

Understanding Seneferu Project Hierarchy

An Overview on how tasks and assets are related to each others and to scenes and shots and how things are linked together

The Making of a Complete Production In Seneferu Pipeline

In this series we will take you through all the processes of making a complete CGI or VFX project by covering most of the processes and situations you may come through

Note: The pre-production Seneferu training of the following projects are explained in the "Management Section" found here

Designing & Artworks

Quick Overview on the simplicity of working with arts and layers through Seneferu Pipeline

Ingest

Takes you through the process of Ingesting footage, materials, lens information and survey data into Seneferu

Publishing Maya Shader Library

Teach you how to use and publish a shader library of your project in Maya

Publishing Katana Shader Library

Teach you how to use and publish a shader library of your project in Katana

Publishing Maya Light Rigs

Showing how to publish light rigs to be used for your project during the different modeling, surfacing and lookdev phases

Publishing Seneferu Katana Template

A guide on how to publishing the katana template shipped with Seneferu, and how to build such one to use it for your project

Editing

Walk you through the pipeline and automation of editing versions and intermediate edits (like VFX edit)

Tracking: Camera and Objects tracking

Tracking automation, tips and tricks in Seneferu Pipeline (3DEqualizer)

Modeling: Environment

Modeling automation, assets hierarchy and layering UVs in Seneferu Pipeline

Modeling: Characters

Character modeling automation and considerations in Seneferu Pipeline

Rigging

Procedural rigging automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Animation

Showing the automation of the animation layout, shot animations, and soundtracks loading/syncing automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Cloth

Cloth setup and simulation automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Hair

Hair and compound hair setup and simulation automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Effects

Effects setup and simulation automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Simulation

Automation of advanced and hierarchical simulations of all types (cloth, hair, fluids, effects ...etc) in Seneferu Pipeline in Maya and Houdini

Houdini Pre Effects & Intermediate Caching

Management and Version Control of Intermediate Houdini Caches and Pre Sims

Solaris Assets Build & USD

Automation of assets building layering into USD assets

Katana in Seneferu Pipeline

Overview on how Katana is implemented in Seneferu Pipeline to be a user friendly but very productive

Look Development (Part 1 of 3)

Look development and shading automation in Seneferu Pipeline

Look Development (Part 2 of 3)

Advanced assets look variations

Look Development (Part 3 of 3)

The automation of applying animation looks for better viewport feedback and beauty looking playblasts

Building Seneferu Shader (Maya)

Teach you how to develop a Seneferu shader that allows Seneferu look and shading automation in Maya

Building Seneferu Shader (Katana)

Teach you how to develop a Seneferu shader that allows Seneferu look and shading automation in Katana

Validating Assets (Katana)

Validating assets compatibility, look and feel to guarantee a one way production and avoid back and forth issues when going to downstream processes like lighting