CGFigures Goes to Pittsburgh - Guest Lecture for CHE3460

Описание: A few months ago I was invited to give a guest lecture at the University of Pittsburgh for Prof. Chris Wilmer's class CHE3460 - Advanced Scientific Visual Communication. At the last minute due to flight issues I didn't make it to give the in person lecture. As a result I can now share this recording with everyone covering the background of CGFigures, my thoughts on why proceduralism is a great 3D workflow for scientists, and my appeal to Chris' students and all of you to join the blender scientific community.

There are plenty of links to additional resources mentioned throughout this talk. I have included all of them here for convenience. Many thanks again to Prof. Wilmer for inviting me and I hope you enjoy the talk.

The one and only:
https://www.blender.org/

Lab Websites and Course Info:
Prof. Chris Wilmer: https://wilmerlab.github.io/
CHE3460 (2022): https://catalog.upp.pitt.edu/preview_...
Prof. Benoit Lessard: https://www.benoitlessard.ca/

Scientific Blender Community:
Community Discord:   / discord  
Brady Johnston: ‪@BradyJohnston‬
Molecular Nodes: https://bradyajohnston.github.io/Mole...
Luminous Labs: ‪@LuminousLab‬
Microsingularity: ‪@MicroSingularity‬
Michael Aristov: https://sketchfab.com/Michael.Aristov
Entropic: ‪@entr0pic‬

Proceduralism, Blender, and Houdini Artists:
Rohan Dalvi's Talk:    • Introduction to Houdini - chapter 2 - What...  
Erindale: ‪@Erindale‬
Joey Carlino: ‪@JoeyCarlino‬
Cartesian Caramel: ‪@CartesianCaramel‬
Johnny Matthews: ‪@JohnnyMatthews‬
CGMatter: ‪@DefaultCube‬
Curtis Holt: ‪@CurtisHolt‬
Sanctus Art: ‪@SanctusArt‬
Entagma: ‪@Entagma‬
Stuart Jantzen: ‪@biocinematics‬
Jeroen Claus: https://www.phospho.co.uk/

Scientific Visualization in Blender:
Thomas Hartman: https://www.thisillustrations.com/
Branch Education: ‪@BranchEducation‬
Bobby Broccoli: ‪@BobbyBroccoli‬
Sam M:   / samerps  

Please note that z-Anatomy appears to have moved and its website has gone down. The original link has been removed because it was flagged as potentially harmful.

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Architectural Tools:    • The architectural design and visualization...  
Z-Anatomy:    • Z-Anatomy: The open source 3D atlas of hum...  
Machine Learning Trains:    • Train the train by generating data from a ...  
Synthetic Data Sets:    • Generating synthetic data for deep learning  
Polyhaven:    • Poly Haven: Free content as a business model  
Bonus - Advanced Physics for Celestial Bodies:    • Advanced physics for atmosphere and celest...  

Challenge Inspiration:
The Polymer Problem:    • Packing Collection Objects - Geometry Node...  
Proximity Snapping:    • Creator Commentary: Lettuce Contains a LOT...  

Timestamps:
0:00 Lecture Context and Background
1:45 Lecture Outline
2:30 About Me
3:40 The Philosophy behind the CGFigures Project
5:34 Choosing Blender as a Platform
6:49 The Big Question - How do I Make X?
7:30 Making 3D Accessible to Working Scientists
8:55 Building a Blender Scientific Community
10:15 Standard 3D Workflows
12:40 How do you build a procedural system?
13:20 A short history of geometry nodes in Blender
14:48 A Chemistry Parallel for Proceduralism
17:53 Why I Believe Proceduralism is Well Suited to Research
19:50 When Should you Use a Procedural Workflow?
20:23 Examples of Procedural Animations Made in Blender
22:15 The Importance of Intention - Beginner Friendly Procedural Systems
23:00 The Problem with Proceduralism
23:34 Why Parametric Systems Are Essential and How They are Harder
25:50 Proceduralism, Pittsburgh, and the Power of Community
26:48 THIS.ILLUSTRATIONS guest showcase
28:33 Challenges for Your Consideration
30:32 Science Highlights from the 2022 Blender Conference
32:02 Learning from Artists will Make you a Better Scientist
33:16 Additional Resources
35:12 Specific Acknowledgments
36:45 AMA Explanation and Wrapping Up

For more CGFigures content checkout the links below:
Patreon:   / cgfigures  
Twitter:   / cgfigures  
Instagram:   / cgfigures  
Website: https://www.cgfigures.ca/
Blendswap: https://www.blendswap.com/profile/132...
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/cgfigures

Special thanks to Lud and Schlatt's Musical Emporium for the public domain recording of Tchaikosvky's Russian Dance, conducted by Philip Milman:    • Russian Dance - Tchaikovsky Nutcracker Sui...