A library of digital assets - 3D scenes, digital cinema footage, etc. - that demonstrate the scale and complexity of modern feature film production, including computer graphics, visual effects and animation. Curated by the Academy Software Foundation, these assets are available free of charge to researchers and developers of both open source and commercial projects, to test, demonstrate, and inspire their ideas. See our license template. You can find us on Slack at #assets, or on our mailing list.
From NVIDIA, the MaterialX Teapot and Lion provides production reference materials with standalone BSDFs. And from the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Motion Imaging Technology Council, StEM3 provides Standard Evaluation Material for virtual production, in-camera visual effects (ICVFX), and large LED volumes. Links below!
Here is a short list of computer graphics assets available elsewhere.
The MaterialX Teapot and Lion are MaterialX assets created by NVIDIA as complex, production-style reference materials. Originally used to showcase neural materials, the assets are provided here as MaterialX shader graphs built from standalone BSDFs assembled with layer and mix nodes.
The American Society of Cinematographers Motion Imaging Technology Council introduces the next phase of the ASC Standard Evaluation Material projects: ASC MITC StEM3-VP, the third StEM project specifically for in-camera visual effects virtual production LED wall/volume technology. For more information, visit the ASC StEM3 website.
OpenPBR Shader Playground is a MaterialX and OpenUSD asset created by Adobe to illustrate a modern look-development approach using the OpenPBR Surface Shading Model developed by Adobe and Autodesk. The asset is a whimsical take on a child's arts-and-crafts space, using materials that demonstrate novel aspects of the OpenPBR specification.
A complete animatable airship asset, with rig, geometry, textures, and surfacing, represented in Maya. The airship is featured in the short film Spanner, created by AWS’s in-house production team FuzzyPixel.
A full production scene with over 300 assets and two characters, with looping animation in the first open-sourced USD scene and shot context from a studio. Supplied as three separate downloads: the full production scene, high-quality textures, and baked procedural fur and fabric for the animated characters. For more information, visit the Netflix Animation Studios ALab website.
A complete animatable main character, with rig, geometry, textures, and hair groom, represented in Maya. Noa is the hero of the short film Spanner, created by AWS’s in-house production team FuzzyPixel.
A short film designed to be used as both reference material and stress testing for color pipelines, image processing, and projection systems. Supplied in a range of image formats including high dynamic range (HDR), high resolution, and wide color gamut. For more information, visit the ASC StEM2 website.
