Andrew Price, the speaker in Blender’s YouTube video about how artificial intelligence will change the 3D industry, says that animation assets are expensive and time-consuming to create.
There is always that one-to-one input to output whether you want to model, texture, and revise, even for simple animation.
Fortunately, there is a solution to this problem. He says procedural workflows in the future will become more mainstreamed. Software will be able to self-generate, which will instantly lower costs.
We work in the virtual world, not in the real world. We need to create things smartly and quicker, and the technology is in place to help us get there
Softwares such as Houdini and Poliigon make animators’ lives easier. Just by making a node setup, you can easily create variations from it. It can quickly capture things, but it is also a huge cost saver for animation studios and freelance animators.
Notes:
The animation industry is changing rapidly, and it won’t be slowing down any time soon. In the years to come, you can expect to see even quicker changes as technology advances and tastes change to reflect our capabilities.
With all of these animation trends happening simultaneously and the quality of animation becoming realistic more than ever, it is evident that the animation industry will become in demand and satisfy the needs of its customers.
References:
The future of the animation industry (no date) Business of Animation. Available at: https://businessofanimation.com/the-future-of-the-animation-industry/ (Accessed: January 26, 2023).
