Solaris at Digital Domain | Bob White and David Cunningham | SIGGRAPH HIVE 2022

Digital Domain’s David Cunningham and Bob White take you through the implementation of Solaris at Digital Domain, how it is being used on some of their newer shows, and where they plan to take things in the future. Bob White has worked in the VFX and animation industry in Vancouver for almost 20 years, and has been overseeing projects as CG Supervisor for the last 10 years. As CG Supervisor, Bob’s priority is to create the highest quality visual effects possible on the sequences he oversees with his team, and to make the process as streamlined as possible. After CG Supervising the construction site sequence in Digital Domain’s Oscar-nominated work on “Free Guy,” Bob moved into a role as lighting department supervisor. Bob has been instrumental in driving Digital Domain’s lighting pipeline into a much more modern approach utilizing Houdini/Solaris and USD. David Cunningham is a DFX Supervisor at Digital Domain, with 12 years of experience in the film and visual effects industry, known