The KeyShot Conference
on 3D Rendering and Interactive Visuals
On May 5th, 2016, the first KeyShot RenderWorld Conference was held in Anaheim, California! With a day full of speakers, workshops and sessions, attendees captured insight into the KeyShot workflow from others across industries and gained valuable experience in using KeyShot to create amazing visuals.
Special presentations were given from Nike, TB&O, and others, with workshops on KeyShot workflow, material creation, lighting, animation and much more. Attendees had the opportunity to meet the KeyShot Team, experience live demos, network with other professionals, and see the latest Xeon 22 Core CPU technology from Intel, along with the powerful workstations from Lenovo.
The 1-day event was held at Anaheim Hilton, right across from Disneyland Park.
A big THANK YOU to the RenderWorld Sponsors!
Speaker presentations available here.
Jason Cardani is an Industrial Designer at Nike, Inc in Beaverton, Oregon. For the past 6 years he has worked in the Golf Category working primarily on Club Equipment and Accessories. The product he’s designed are in the bags of world class athletes including Tiger woods, Rory McIlroy, and Michelle Wie. With over 30 patents in the golf industry, he has designed and developed product that has delivered over $200 million in revenue for Nike. With experience in automotive, retail, and footwear, Jason is passionate about delivering beautiful, innovative solutions for modern golf athletes around the world.
Session Details
9:15 – 10:15 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
Keyshot has been instrumental in streamlining the development process with our manufacturing partners, socializing complex engineering concepts to the highest levels of leadership, and converting athletes into new equipment. This new process has influenced other categories within Nike Golf and has changed long held notions around design and development.
Tim Feher a digital artist helping to lead the revolution in computer-generated imagery (CGI) for the automotive industry. As a graduate from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh in 1997, he developed a passion for traditional art. His career began as a technical illustrator while devoting himself to family. Having an extensive and diverse portfolio, his work is featured in national television and print advertising, automotive brand websites, dealer catalogs and brochures, trade publications, apps and more.
Session Details
KeyShot Workflow: Best Practices from Import to Photoshop
1:30 – 2:15 – Lower Level – Catalina
Tim Feher takes you through the process, creating an image from beginning to end, with tips and tricks along the way. Steps covered will include model prep, importing, material creation, background matching, HDRI editing, IES light setup, render settings, render output and Photoshop workflow.
Design to Marketing: Getting the Most Out of KeyShot
4:15 – 5:00 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
While KeyShot is good for visualizing design, what is often overlooked is the ability for the Marketing department to use KeyShot to produce finished imagery for packaging, advertising, collateral and web. This presentation concentrates on how to create a workflow that saves money and can speed up the time to market. There are features in today’s KeyShot which make this possible.
Richard Funnell is an industrial designer who manages on-site training for KeyShot customers worldwide. He has worked with design teams in industries ranging from aerospace to consumer electronics, focusing on workflow and best practices.
Workshop Details
Lighting: Advanced and Interior Scene Lighting
1:30 – 3:00 – Lower Level – Catalina Room
In this workshop, you will get an in-depth look at the lighting in KeyShot, including the new features in KeyShot 6 and the capabilities it provides for advanced lighting scenarios and interior lighting.
Materials: Master Materials and Advanced Material Creation
3:30 – 5:00 – Lower Level – Catalina Room
KeyShot has more capabilities than ever to create exactly the material you need. Richard Funnell goes over material presets, working with textures and demonstrates the possibilities in creating advanced materials using the KeyShot Material Graph.
Mike James is the principal of Thomas Burke & Others (TB&O), a studio specializing in Product Photography, CGI, Animation and Retouching. Mr. James has led TB&O in creating successful collaboration with their clients and capturing the entirety of the design process. He is also a Commercial Photographer, specializing in Black and White Photography. His work can be summed up in a fascination with the details.
Session Details
10:45 – 11:45 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
Creating CG imagery with realistic materials and brilliant light is just the start. KeyShot opens up a whole new world to animate product and create user controlled VR experiences that result in more engaging web experiences. From Specialized bikes, to motocross helmets, to electronics, this session explores what is possible using KeyShot.
David Merz is a graphic designer & photographer turned product-render artist. Using his experience with studio lighting and a spirited obsession with details, he’s led his team at Webb deVlam to produce high-impact visuals for Motorola’s mobile device portfolio.
Session Details
11:45 – 12:45 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
While many product rendering users are industrial designers leveraging programs like KeyShot to visualize their products quickly, it’s often those who come from a photography or graphic design background that use the magic of rendering to its full potential. At Webb deVlam, we’ve developed a team of expert Keyshot users coming from different skillset backgrounds that have taken our rendering workflow to the next level to provide world-class visual assets for our clients with astonishing speed and quality.
Rex Roberts is the Lead User Experience Designer at Luxion Inc. and has been with the company for over four years. He leverages his degree in Industrial Design from California State University, Long Beach by taking an empathetic approach to problem solving and optimizing the KeyShot experience.
Workshop Details
3:30-5:00 – Lower Level – Catalina Room
Having a firm understanding of the Animation and KeyShotVR tools available in KeyShot 6 makes it easier and more efficient to tackle your visual communication objectives. This workshop will help you gain that understanding by explaining the tools and providing specific examples of how they can be used to produce dynamic and engaging content.
Steve Talkowski is a 3D digital artist that has worked as an Art Director, Animation Director, Character Designer/Modeler and Animator on a myriad of commercials for national brands as well as the feature films Joe’s Apartment, Ice Age, Alien Resurrection and the 1988 Academy Award winning short, Bunny. In 2008, Steve launched Sketchbot Studios and self-produced his first foray into the designer toy scene – the retro-styled, pencil-wielding robot, Sketchbot. Currently residing in Los Angeles, he is now in development on an animated TV series based on his robot creations.
Session Details
1:30 – 2:15 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
See a live demonstration of Steve’s process for creating character visual concepts. He will show how he uses the Ricoh Theta S 360 spherical camera to quickly generate photos that can be combined into HDRI images for use with KeyShot. HDRI maps will be created, merged using Photoshop CC, then integrated with characters into a KeyShot scene to show the entire process.
Pip Tompkin was born in Nottingham, England. He graduated top of his year with 1st class honors majoring in Industrial Design from Northumbria University in Newcastle. He then attended the prestigious The Royal College of Art in London and gained a Masters of Industrial Design with a special examiners distinction. From 2001 -2005 he worked as a consultant to Dell, helping develop iconic and successful products for the gaming, education, consumer and enterprise markets. In 2005, he relocated to Los Angeles, accepting a Senior Design position at Nokia with a focus in developing phones for North American, European and Asian markets. During Pip’s three years at Nokia, his designs and thinking significantly increase sales of key products by millions, exceeding sales expectations. Pip also served on a board to create and align design strategies for Nokia’s Global portfolio. In December of 2008, Pip announced the launch of his design studio. Pip Tompkin’s philosophy, Assume Nothing together with his Big Think Big idea methodology, has helped develop award winning products and brands for numerous businesses; start-up and large corporations around the world. He actively promotes design education and his work has appeared in many publications.
Session Details
2:15 – 3:00 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
Details coming soon.
Walters is an Industrial Designer who’s as comfortable designing/coding software as concept designing next generation products. He has been working in 3D since the 90’s and has authored both articles and books on 3D and 3D techniques. His YouTube Channel which deals with 3D applications and techniques has over 1000 subscribers. Early in his career, Walters was fortunate to co-found and CEO the Industrial Design firm Design Edge and the software design company Human Code, the latter which grew to 500+ with offices in San Francisco, Austin, Tokyo and Shanghai, and eventually sold to Sapient.
Session Details
Cognitive Visualization of the Future
3:30 – 4:15 – Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom
Walters, a long time KeyShot user, creates rapid future scenario visualizations for clients based on Altuit’s D1 process which includes a day long facilitation session. Recently completed projects include Hyperloop,Future of Wearables, Medical Ambulance Drone, and some IOT studies.
These projects are typically realized in KeyShot and have found their way onto the pages and screens of FastCo Design, Discovery Channel, CNBC, DesignBoom, and others.
Walters is currently working on the Digital Heroes project, a future look at providing sentry patrol for disabled vets using telepresence workstations, sentry robots, perch and stare drones and other semi-autonomous devices.
Design Process and workflow will be demonstrated, along with some Photoshop post effects to help create a sketchy look for KeyShot.
Lighting: Advanced and Interior Scene Lighting
1:30 – 3:00
Richard Funnell
In this workshop, you will get an in-depth look at the lighting in KeyShot, including the new features in KeyShot 6 and the capabilities it provides for advanced lighting scenarios and interior lighting.
KeyShot Workflow: Best Practices from Import to Photoshop
1:30 – 3:00
Tim Feher
Tim Feher takes you through the process, creating an image from beginning to end, with tips and tricks along the way. Steps covered will include model prep, importing, material creation, background matching, HDRI editing, IES light setup, render settings, render output and Photoshop workflow.
Materials: Master Materials and Advanced Material Creation
3:30 – 5:00
Richard Funnell
KeyShot has more capabilities than ever to create exactly the material you need. Richard Funnell goes over material presets, working with textures and demonstrates the possibilities in creating advanced materials using the KeyShot Material Graph.
Animation + VR: Setup and Best Practices
3:30 – 5:00
Rex Roberts
Having a firm understanding of the Animation and KeyShotVR tools available in KeyShot 6 makes it easier and more efficient to tackle your visual communication objectives. This workshop will help you gain that understanding by explaining the tools and providing specific examples of how they can be used to produce dynamic and engaging content.
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
| Registration / Breakfast (Lobby Level – Avalon Reception Area) |
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| 8:00 – 9:00 | Registration / Breakfast | ||||
| Main Sessions (Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom) |
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| 9:00 – 9:15 | Welcome | ||||
| 9:15 – 10:15 | Jason Cardani / Nike Golf KeyShot: Transforming the Product Development Process |
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| 10:15 – 11:45 | Break | ||||
| 10:45 – 11:45 | Mike James / TB&O Pushing the Boundaries of Product CGI with KeyShot |
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| 11:45 – 12:45 | David Merz / Webb deVlam How a Photographer Conquers Rendering |
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| Lunch (Lobby Level – Avalon Reception Area) |
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| 12:45 – 1:45 | Lunch / Refreshments | ||||
| Afternoon Sessions (Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom) |
Afternoon Workshops (Lower Level – Catalina Rooms 4 / 6) |
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| 1:45 – 2:45 | Steve Talkowski / Sketchbot Character Integration and HDRI Map Creation |
Lighting: Advanced and Interior Scene Lighting | KeyShot Workflow: Best Practices from Import to Photoshop | ||
| 2:45 – 3:15 | Pip Tompkin / Pip Tompkin Studio Thinking Big to Create Big Ideas |
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| 3:15 – 3:45 | Break | ||||
| 3:45 – 4:30 | Chipp Walters / Altuit Design Cognitive Visualization of the Future |
Materials: Master Materials and Advanced Material Creation | Animation + VR: Setup and Best Practices | ||
| 4:30 – 5:15 | Tim Feher / Feher Factor Design to Marketing: Getting the Most Out of KeyShot |
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| Keynote (Lobby Level – Avalon Ballroom) |
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| 5:15 – 6:00 | Dr. Henrik Wann Jensen / Luxion The Future of 3D Rendering and Visualization |
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| Reception (Hilton Anaheim – Vista Lounge – 14th Floor) |
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| 6:00 | KeyShot Reception & Networking Party | ||||
| 9:30 | Disneyland Park Fireworks from the Suite | ||||
KeyShot RenderWorld
Thursday, May 5th, 2016
8:00 AM – 5:45 PM Conference
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM Reception
Hilton Anaheim
777 Convention Way,
Anaheim, California 92802
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How to get there
John Wayne Airport/Orange County
Distance: 14 miles | Drive time: 20 minutes
Go north on Newport Freeway (55) to 5 Freeway North, exit Katella Ave., turn left, go one mile to Harbor Blvd., turn left, then right onto Convention Way to the hotel.
Los Angeles International Airport
Distance: 35 miles | Drive time: 45 minutes
Go south on the San Diego Freeway (405) to the Garden Grove Freeway (22 east), exit Harbor Blvd. North to Convention Way. Turn left into the hotel.
Sessions
Nike Golf / Industrial Designer
TB&O / Principal
Webb deVlam / Senior Designer
Sketchbot Studios / Creative Director
Pip Tompkin Studios / Founder and Creative Director
Altuit Design / CEO
Feher Factor / CG Artist
https://youtu.be/HJEU3iKXfsY