Did Pixar Just Change the Future of 3D Forever?

[@KaizenTutorials]

When I first tried the USD workflow myself I couldn't believe it actually worked. Cross-software file formats retaining all the data, crazy! If you want to learn more about USD, see what Omniverse has to offer for you, or join the GTC talks on USD in March; make sure to use the links below! Learn more during OpenUSD Day at GTC 2024: nvda.ws/492kEqN Download NVIDIA Omniverse for free: nvda.ws/3u8aZQ4 Register for GTC 2024: nvda.ws/42wrBO0

[@YOUTUBER_ADAM7]

Hi sub to you

[@domin6168]

Wow... Thanks for showing that something as amazing as USD exists

[@KaizenTutorials]

Its awesome for sure!

[@USBEN.]

This is like a gift to us artists.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Absolutely!

[@pufero1]

Nvdia is more like poisoned gift

[@keelfly]

uhm... no. It's not. This is a really old format and it is not as they said in the video.

[@MaverickMario]

Did Pixar JUST change 3D forever? …8 years ago…

[@KaizenTutorials]

Well they started doing it 8 years ago. But AOUSD is only 6 months old and is now the major driving force for this tech to make it mainstream across all software’s! That sounds new enough to me :-)

[@gcharb2d]

@@KaizenTutorials OpenUSD is 8 years old, most DCC have started to integrate it years ago, including Blender, there is nothing new here, AOUSD is just an organization aiming at creating a standard for OpenUSD, nothing more!

[@butterscotchpanda]

This video feels less like it's about USD and more like it's an ad for Omniverse and Nvidia as a whole. While I don't mind sponsored segments (money is always nice to have) and NVIDIA isn't exactly an irrelevant sponsor, the integration here just felt hamfisted and coarse. Like specifically stating that Omniverse is *NVIDIA's* Omniverse, even when not stating *Adobe's* Substance Painter or *Autodesk's* Maya, the random out of place close up shot of a 4090 FE with the only real visible detail being the GeForce RTX branding, and constantly showing the Omniverse logo, more often even than the Blender logo. This isn't me trying to be a hater, just wanted to share my thoughts on the sponsor integration in hopes that future videos might have a clearer demarcation between sponsored and unsponsored content, preferably one that's easily skippable for people like me who have no interest whatsoever in any of NVIDIA's products.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks for the honest feedback. NVIDIA plays a major part in the current USD development and so happens to be the sponsor. With the exception of the link mentions in the video the video itself wouldn't have been very different if NVIDIA wasn't the sponsor. I agree that it might not be equal if I don't say Adobe or Autodesk before their product names, but that's just because everyone knows what those are. It feels redundant. Not everyone knows Omniverse! Hope that makes sense :-) I'll take your feedback into consideration for future vids.

[@a_nerd12]

Tbh I’m going to have to disagree with you… I think he blended in his sponsorship and the video really well where he gets the job done of not only informing me but entertaining me with a side of a cool program that could be useful without rubbing it in to much

[@stedbenj]

Love this community. Quality content, honest feedback, human response. I didn't get the feel of a shady advertisement, but I'm in a good mood currently.

[@notimportantstudio]

Yeah i dont agree here. I never got the feeling i was being oushed towards nvidea omniverse. It was a very valuable video tbh

[@stevemcclintock309]

@butterscothpanda right in the first part of the video he literally states that this video is sponsored by NVIDIA! Are you just ranting because you own an AMD Graphics card??? 😂😂😂 Only joking chill and if you don't want to watch then it's simple, pick a different video but keep in mind that is how these guys make a living by views and sponsorship. Couldn't Imagine you turning down an Rtx 4090 from NVIDIA to make a video promoting NVIDIA, not saying he got a free graphics card just using this as an example. Have fun and keep blendering man. Great USD info BTW so thanks for the video 🤟

[@spagbolchomper8730]

Ive been working in usd and solaris pipelines for the past couple years and can confirm, it is amazing.

[@gcharb2d]

Same here, SideFX keeps making it better and better!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome! Glad to hear so many people already use USD!

[@gcharb2d]

@@KaizenTutorials it is more and more integrated in pipelines, very efficient, and it supports every data formats you can think of, it's like having FBX, Alembic and OpenVDB put all together but on steroids!

[@gcharb2d]

@@KaizenTutorials Houdini has USD since version 18, which came out in 2019, it is not new, a lot of peoples are actually switching to Houdini for scene building and rendering because of Houdini having such a great USD integration, which includes Hydra, MaterialX, and two brand-new Hydra render Engines, Karma CPU, and Karma XPU(GPU).

[@IZ.3d]

usd is absolutely awesome I can approve, but it's still not practical in many cases because of the file size recently I created rigged fireworks, the glTF file size on average was 6MB while the usdc turned out to be 72MB

[@bvs1q]

I'd be interested in how much of that is redundancy for different systems vs how much of that data is actually used in memory

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm.. it is a lot smaller than alembic though. Maybe it isn't optimized for rigged stuff yet? But that's what I like about USD, it's still very much growing and expanding, being worked on by these major tech companies!

[@IZ.3d]

True, it's smaller than alembic. and yes isn't optimized for armature animation, in fact the animation is exported as mesh cache and not armature @@KaizenTutorials

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ah ok! Tey'll probably add that int he future too though 😀@@IZ.3d

[@IZ.3d]

I hope so... but as of now even for shapekeys animations, usdc files are still 30 to 40% larger in size compared to glTF. but the reason why glTF will be mainstream for a while is that it's supported by many web and VR software. I do get a lot of requests for format conversion to glTF for that reason @KaizenTutorials

[@dyvdwastaken]

bro the way you worded your intro, it took me 2 minutes to figure out that it wasnt the advert section OF THE vid

[@KaizenTutorials]

Why though?

[@Im_Ninooo]

Omniverse is awesome! I'm using it to render my Blender animations in UE5

[@KaizenTutorials]

That’s awesome! Good job 🙏🏻

[@IvoKlerk]

How is Omniverse useful to port to UE5? Aren’t you doing an extra step by also going through Omniverse then? Btw Omniverse has his own real time rendering right? Any reason to not render it there? Curious about this :)

[@Im_Ninooo]

@@IvoKlerk I use Omni's Blender USD branch to export assets and animations with proper materials to .usd files, then I import those into UE5 with Omni's Connector plugin. honestly speaking, I've tried rendering in Composer (previously named Create) but the quality sucks in comparison, and there is a lot of visual glitches.

[@HoboNoah]

"Traditional pipeline": model/UV > export > import to substance > texture > export textures > import to blender > setup textures "USD Pipeline": model/UV > install NVIDIA omniverse > export > import to omniverse > link to substance painter > texture > link back to omniverse > doesn't even show textures working in blender I am not surprised because this is a sponsored video... But how is this faster? Or better? So far all I've seen is having yet another middle-man thrown in the pipeline, it doesn't look like it actually reduced the amount of steps you have to take. Is this just because blender support isn't quite there yet? Don't get me wrong I am hopeful for USD, but as someone who primarily uses blender I haven't seen a compelling reason to use it yet, probably because blender doesn't support it super well natively yet?

[@KaizenTutorials]

You're right that in it's current state USD in Blender isn't optimal. The main advantage now is not having to re-import and export in apps like Substance, Unreal or USD Composer. Blender's USD support is lagging behind and doesn't work natively, which is why it's not perfect yet. You can get the textures to work as well in Blender, but you have to set them up after Substance manually AND everytime you change stuff in Substance you'll have to reload the textures in Blender since Blender doesn't support auto texture reloads currently. Still it really beats the old workflow for me, since it's so easy to make changes in Blender, auto-update that in e.g. USD Composer and Unreal, Substance and then be able to texture it right away and have those textures reflect in USD composer or Unreal as well! NVIDIA is working, through Omniverse, to get a complete live-link going with Blender, since Blender themselves have a lower prio on this, and once they have that up and running doing everything in all the apps simultaneously should be no issue anymore!

[@HoboNoah]

Here's hoping that it does become as seamless as it sounds! @@KaizenTutorials

[@AyushBakshi]

For anything outside the team workflow, if you are an individual who won't be sharing data with departments.. USDs are pain in the ass. loads of extra work to set the scene for them. Specially in autodesk tools where important features like light linking doesn't work with USDs.

[@KaizenTutorials]

It might not be for every pipeline no, but in my example pipeline Blender > Substance > USD Composer for example it's awesome. For a solo-artist it really is a gamechanger.

[@roy_tanmoy]

Just??!! USD been there for more than a decade now and released to everyone atleast 6 - 7 years ago. and the big studio Pipeline has already matured on USD

[@gcharb2d]

It was released to the public in 2016, and the Blender integration is really basic!

[@KaizenTutorials]

You're right that USD isn't new. What is new however is the AOUSD organization which is now giving a huge stimulus of development to USD as a platform with all these major tech companies putting their effort behind it. That's what the big change is and this change was again initiated by Pixar! :-)

[@Thesupperals]

Meanwhile with Anime and 2D animation studios...

[@KaizenTutorials]

USD is gradually getting 2D support too! Plus a lot of animation and anime studios are switching to 3D and just make it look 2D ;-)

[@DerekJFisher100]

In Toronto a couple years ago, 400 people were let go at Tangent Animation because Blender cannot handle pipeline workflow, it was a mistake switching from industry type Maya pipeline work flow to free blender open source

[@KaizenTutorials]

Damn that sucks. But a lot has changed these last few years and this same thing might not be necessary anymore these days. Blender is really becoming an industry standard quickly!

[@sheyzon9419]

I've only seen something like this in the ModTools from Call of Duty where the Asset property editor (APE) is directly linked to the level editor. Every change made in APE will be automaticlly updated in the editor in realtime which is pretty neat. It just needs an auto update feature

[@KaizenTutorials]

Cool! Any form of increased interoperability is a big win in my book. It just feels satisfying not having to think about tedious stuff like that.

[@bobingabout]

"What is USD?" It's the American currency. Pretty much the entire world uses it for currency exchange for international trading.

[@KaizenTutorials]

🤣

[@realdragon]

I didn't understand the "new pipeline" but cool video none the less

[@KaizenTutorials]

The new pipeline is basically an automated realtime link between Blender, substance and usd composer, allowing you to iterate in realtime!

[@alsed7]

This is the proper way to do advertising nowadays.

[@JosephKeenanisme]

I only have a noob understanding of Blender, always got to frustrated with it the few times I tried to learn it. I've seen the file time when looking for assets to do animation in UnReal. So it's really cool that I just randomly found out how cool it is. Also means I'm going to have to get some basic understanding of Blender to do some custom assets.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Awesome! Yeah it’s really intriguing. It’s not 100% thre yet, but it does work really nicely already.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Try following Blender Guru video playlist titled "Blender 4.0 Beginner Donut Tutorial". After completing it, you should have pretty good idea how to effectively work with Blender.

[@macIain]

Does that mean that in the future artists can choose the tool of choice to work with rather than having to conform to software that they might not want to use for example working in a company? Can Maya, Cinema 4D, 3Ds Max, Blender and Houdini users all work together now without worrying about what software they're using?

[@KaizenTutorials]

That’s the goal with USD basically yes! Were far from it. But seamless and interoperable workflows are definitely the goal!

[@macIain]

@@KaizenTutorials That would be absolutely amazing, I hope they reach that goal quickly. I can't think of anything more annoying than when you really enjoy using one program only be told to use another because it's an industry preference.

[@Vumbun]

this was so insightful!!! thank u

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@alternatuber6698]

SORA : Herro bishes!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Uh oh!

[@KanzakiZD]

finally, the USD that is truly needed by everyone in 3D community (we still need USD for a living too)

[@KaizenTutorials]

Lol hahaha I like both USD's ;-)

[@plusplus5757]

Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Nvidia. That sounds like a promising future ...

[@KaizenTutorials]

For sure! And that's just the founding members. There will be more who join in on this open-source project for interoperability for all!

[@Bwaptz]

USD is INSANE!!!!!! Thank you Kaizen!!

[@KaizenTutorials]

No problem! Glad you liked it.

[@benjaminyde]

Nice video, but I think the title might be a bit misleading. OpenUSD already exist for a long time internally in Pixar. Has been open sourced for more than 6 years. Houdini stage is based on usd for more than 4 year. So it is not new. A lot of work is getting done on OpenUSD. Adobe, Houdini, Blender, Nvidia Omniverse, Maya, ... are all contributing to OpenUSD. Together with MaterialX (created by Autodesk) is makes everything much easier.

[@KaizenTutorials]

USD isn't new no. But the AOUSD is and the efforts that these major tech companies are putting in is also new imo! It's a testimony to how useful usd is and that these big players are investing in it since recently.

[@de5iner]

I’m trying to land a job in the industry and I had quit Autodesk Maya for 8 months and transitioned to Blender, looking into the industry and which roles I prefer, they want someone to be proficient in Autodesk 3ds max, with USD I can make everything in blender and also have same file in Autodesk software since they’re still holding strong on being the industry standard, now I need to convince future employers to hire me :’)

[@KaizenTutorials]

HAha nice, you're right! no more whining about industry standards; USD IS THE WAY!

[@marlaoutatsgamingcollectibles]

Honestly, for 3d modelling, if you are good using one of the 3 softwares (maya, 3DS Max & Blender), you can use pretty much any of the three, you'll just need 2-3 weeks of acclimatization when starting out. After all an exrtude is an extrude, a bevel is a bevel (hemm, chamfer 3ds max ?) a spline is a spline, a bend is a bend, etc. You'll need to get used to the UI but the different tools are usually very similar, they might just have different names. If they don't want to hire you because you've used Maya AND Blender but not 3ds...there might be something else going on.

[@brandoncyoung]

You would be better off with Houdini. It's an actual authoring tool. Blender isn't

[@MysticalShadowDragon]

sounds like an incredibly usefull feature in the future for artist teams, less for solo arrtists i suppose specially if you have to have 3 programms runnin at the same time instead of 1. never the less, this the beginning of USD and perhaps in a few years s gonna be as integrated as a gear in a giant machine. what i wonder tho is simple: when i paint with substance painter and export it as an usd instead of a texture file, how does blender know that this is the base color, and thats the emission map, and this other texture is the normal map? i recon we wont get around savin the image textures themselfes for a while still, be it as a backup to reinstert upon data loss or to plug it into any other software that doesnt support usd. but i apprechiate the effort to makin our lifes easier and am excited to see how itll develop.

[@KaizenTutorials]

The USD file still comes with attached folders that contain relevant data like textures. By using proper naming conventions it can tell Blender to look for those textures. Now this doesn't work perfectly yet as you'll still need to setup the textures in Blender manually. But after that it works and if you change stuff in Substance you can reload the textures in Blender (sadly not automatically... sigh Blender) and the textures will update. Setting it up in blender is just a matter of CTRL+SHIFT+T for the principled setup and selecting the textures that are in the folder where your USD file is also saved and you're good to go from that point on!

[@LFSPharaoh]

3:25 and they also say "you can't have your cake and eat it too" which makes absolutely no sense to me 😂

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha well I guess once you eat the cake you can't have it in your possesion anymore and vice versa?

[@iamrajsharma]

This is huge, thank you for sharing very informative video

[@KaizenTutorials]

Glad you like it, thanks!

[@Imperial_Dynamics]

nice video, thanks

[@jmalmsten]

This reminds me that Resolve recently added very rudimentary USD support for Fusion. And I mean VERY rudimentary. It is basically just a previz renderer with no modern bells and whistles. Hmmm. NAB is right around the corner. I do hope they make it much more powerful for v19 or whatever they will show off in April.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yep Resolve is joining the gang. A lot of software's are still in the early days of USD adoption. But it's coming! A few more years and this will be the main way of doing things. I'm sure of it!

[@kixville]

CAKE DOUGH CAKE DOUGH

[@KaizenTutorials]

batter?! No idea lol

[@Trevorus1]

Oh, I didn’t know USB cords did this (joke)

[@KaizenTutorials]

😂😂

[@aledmb]

amazing video!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you!

[@dplj4428]

2:08 universal scene description, USD for interoperability between software for non-destructive file exchange. Compatibility is enhanced by using a USD composer editor. 13:36 AOUSD opensource governance (Adobe, Apple, etc)

[@zemax0618]

finally !!! i wonder how they plan to future-proof the maintenance of that tool but its amazing !

[@KaizenTutorials]

It's open-source, so the community and AOUSD foundation will manage it and keep it going I think.

[@ЖеняБерков-т3ц]

Thank you for your work

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks for watching!

[@GaryParris]

The fact that Sybren implemented this early on shows how dedicated Blender is to giving us all the the best options before other software; even if they don't have all the new relevant information of a single variant of USD as there have been a few before the alliance was confirmed. This is the main reason Blender hasn't been updated fully as there was no specific agreements of which variant was going to be standardised! so it not fair on Blender when people hark on it's difference in applied USD, it's like when people complain about Blender FBX or OBJ import/export, they do not control it, they have to go with the information they can glean from the source which has been closed source or obscured or out of date.

[@KaizenTutorials]

That's true, it's not always easy to adapt with these things as info can be sparse! Either way this is promising tech and it's great that Blender is open to it.

[@deltacx1059]

Who knew a standard was a good thing.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Right?

[@headroom.graphics]

Probably a good solution to archive Blender projects and avoid the hassle of version incompatibility of Blend. Files

[@KaizenTutorials]

For sure! It doesn't go back further than 3.5 though I believe. So it's mainly a good way to archive using USD going forward!

[@siren7837]

Dose the USD workflow work well with importing models into Unreal engine?

[@KaizenTutorials]

It does as far as I know yes!

[@antoonsorg]

Never tried the usd workflow thanks for noticing 😊

[@KaizenTutorials]

You’re welcome! Definitely give it a try 💪🏻

[@tayloreh]

They invented a problem by making things incompatible in the first place. And now they're inventing a solution - presumably to make more money in the long run. Nothing is just a goodwill project, but I really appreciate this nonetheless.

[@KaizenTutorials]

I have to say I disagree. 'they' are just companies working on their own solutions for problems they saw in a market. These problems are unique and so require unique solutions, which tend to not work on other problems (unique = non-compatible). USD was initially also not there to fix this. It was there to fix Pixar's own problems. But since it grew and was released as open-source, other programmes started including it. This lead to the formation of AOUSD, which is a NON-PROFIT organization aiming to now take this unique solution and adapt it to fix everyone's problems.

[@computron5824]

In this case, universal scene description is open source so it's free, but it's not really an immediate magical fix to anything as much as it's a way to describe the structure of a whole scene. It came out in 2016, and a lot of studios had a very difficult time implementing it. Some packages like Unreal don't even fully support it, and it's really mostly used in linear content pipelines like film and animation.

[@KaizenTutorials]

True, but also this is USD in it's current state. With AOUSD a lot will happen to the format and it'll become better and better!@@computron5824

[@mrksdsgn]

Hm did they update the USD import/export function in Blender recently? I remember trying it a few months ago and it was not able to transfer all material parameters/values properly. Things like specular values would just be set to a default value for som reason

[@KaizenTutorials]

If you use the Omniverse branch version you’re miles ahead of the main blender branch. So using their nucleus exporter (part of the omniverse branch) it works!

[@tyjuarez]

cue the xkcd "how standards proliferate" comic

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hahaha fair point. I don't think that's going to happen, but who knows you might be right.

[@std_void]

With my own pipeline Blender -> Substance -> Unreal Engine there is no problem with FBX. I can still update files just with "reimport" or "update" button (both in Substance and Unreal) and it will update the object right in the scene... No problem here. I'm rather interested in USD be able to transfer some curves, particles, simulations and procedural things from blender or houdini

[@KaizenTutorials]

I mean you're not wrong, for a lot of purposes FBX works fine like you said with just reimporting.

[@Archaoen0]

i've used it recently but i'm holding out for a while for it to grow and get better integration and especially without USD Composer lol

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha yeah it’s far from perfect, but already better than the traditional pipeline imo. It will become the one standard thing though, im sure of it!

[@michaeleaster8354]

With Autodesk saying it's getting rid of its FBX team, I'd say it's not a bad idea to start using USD in production as a file format. USD is way more than that, but getting your team to use USD as a transfer protocol will get them familiar with the tech for when composition systems are more fleshed out.

[@Archaoen0]

yup' it's already good enough in my opinion, but i'm more excited to see how it evolves and how many more indie and solo creators will start using it.@@michaeleaster8354

[@lemonardo7879]

Wow, amazing technology, hopefully, I'll be skilled enough to use it one day...

[@KaizenTutorials]

It’s actually not that hard and is becoming easier day by day because USD is growing and becoming more compatible and easy to use!

[@lemonardo7879]

True, though I doubt I'll be using it anytime soon, since my journey in 3D has begun recently, and I am still learning different principles in Blender only :) @@KaizenTutorials

[@kashgarinn]

wasn't there supposed to be links to the usd file shown as an example?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wops, you’re right! I’ll put that in the description tomorrow.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Here's the link; developer.nvidia.com/usd I also updated it in the video description. Thanks for pointing it out!

[@PeakMasterOfficial]

I hope, Unity and Unreal also launches support for USD files.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Unreal has livelink realtime support through Omniverse! Not sure about Unity, but it might just be there too.

[@Phillefx]

Unreal has a usd importer

[@michaeleaster8354]

There are Omniverse plugins for both game engines. Unity is unidirectional in beta. However more importantly if you don't have an infinite money glitch to afford OV for your team, both engines have native import as of the latest Unity 2023 update. Unreal has better native support with Unity struggling behind (probably because they keep firing everyone) although at Siggraph 23 Unreal admitted their support was early but not updated. They intend to make USD a priority this year.

[@Phillefx]

@@michaeleaster8354 Thanks for the additional info. Still it stands that Unreal indeed has a USD importer and in time hopefully every dcc application will integrate a proper usd workflow. As of now sadly the workflow is not that great for every part of 3d production :(

[@dinkledankle]

Did Pixar just change the future of 3D forever? No, because they changed it 8 years ago when USD was released as open source. Your title is disingenuous and incorrect.

[@KaizenTutorials]

I think they did. USD is 8 years old, but AOUSD was only founded 6 months ago by Pixar, joined my other major tech companies and they’re taking this platform to the next level with max interoperability for all software’s!

[@Vysair]

Getting sponsored by Nvidia is crazy wth

[@KaizenTutorials]

Really is! 🧡

[@notimportantstudio]

Very helpful this one

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks mate! 🙏🏻

[@SayceBuckleyFreak]

amazing video ! ! !

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks a lot! 🧡

[@DaveDFX]

USD have been around for many years now . Still have issues with some apps

[@KaizenTutorials]

Yes! But recently the AOUSD has been founded and it's a combined effort to really start implementing and growing USD as an open-source tech for the future!

[@veintitresx]

OFF TOPIC: which font do you use for these videos?

[@KaizenTutorials]

It’s called Caught! 🙏🏻

[@codewithdarsa]

Correct me if I was wrong but... Isn't this just gltf at this point? 🤔🤔🤔 like gltf has all the data as well, no? And btw you can't just give an example that the workflow is now non destructive, that is in no way true... It's still the same workflow and has the same flaws. It's cool to have real time changes without having to export and reimport all the time yes, but any changes to the model and then you gotta retexture again for example. I don't believe in a non-destructive workflow using different softwares or even using the same software unless everything is kinda proceduarly generated and linked in a magical way...

[@KaizenTutorials]

It is very similar to gltf yes, but more compatible with different softwares. Currently the workflow isn’t 100% non destructive no, but NVIDIA and Blender are working on fixing that. So in the not too distant future it should all work non-destructive for real! That’s why it’s so exciting. Plus this way now alone already saves a ton of time, which is important if you do this a lot and make a living with it 💪🏻

[@zilog1]

Especially when you're working with a non-professional workflow that has some very serious proprietary compatibility issues such as Mac computers and Adobe software. Those two companies are designed to milk every scent out of you not really give you a good experience, you just think you have a good experience because Stockholm Syndrome😂😂

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha ok, you're not a big fan of Mac and Adobe I assume. Funnily enough though Adobe is a founding member of AOUSD and strives to make USD part of their workflows too.

[@cameronthomson938]

You and Smeaf have the most click bait heavy Blender titles lol ... drives me crazy. Just, would imply this happened very recently and not having USD in the title makes me wonder how this video will be indexed going forward. Is there a tag system you both use that maybe helps separate it from the view gathering titles that some of these videos have?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm I don't agree, but I can see what you mean as the titles are part of the KZbin game. Clickbait however would imply no form of delivery on the promise of the title, which I think I always do! USD is an older tech, but the formation of AOUSD is very new (only 6 months old) and is the propelling force that will turn USD into a global tech for all proprietary softwares. That's new enough for me! As for indexing; YT finds the people that want to watch it. :-)

[@cameronthomson938]

Well I always thought Click Bait was more something that is formatted in a way for you to click on it, not that it does not deliver useful information but often times it can be misleading or the topic seems entirely different than what is being discussed. Ol Smeaf was probably the first person I saw doing this and trying to apply a more Mr. Beast style to get more clicks and views, and while Mr. Beast does get views his content is pretty ridiculous and I don't know that this same format applies to education. Just seems like something to keep an eye on so I had to say something. For the record though I love the channel ​ @KaizenTutorials ( just so everyone knows )

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks for the honest input! @@cameronthomson938

[@roysigurdkarlsbakk3842]

Let's hope someone comes up with an OSS solution that doesn't cost $5k a year (plus additions) ;)

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ah you mean the cost for Omniverse? Well yeah it's free for individuals, but yeah it's pricey for companies.

[@jokenadrian]

I'll say it from experience USD is way over hyped here. It has its own slew of issues and limitations. It's just another format like everything else.

[@KaizenTutorials]

It’s still relatively ‘new’ yes! The formation of AOUSD by Pixar last year will propel development however. Give it 1-2 years and it’ll take over everything in my opinion!

[@jokenadrian]

@@KaizenTutorials that would be great. We've tried to use it in production a bu ch but just like all the others before it, it comes with limitations and you end up having to develop ontop if it. I agree with you though, it's. Great start though.

[@legofreak5769]

its a shame the usd exporter for the software i want to use is a bit expensive

[@KaizenTutorials]

Which USD exporter might that be?

[@julilolmo19]

I thought the Sponsor add never ended

[@KaizenTutorials]

The only sponsored bit is the part with the link callouts :-)

[@thepabli]

Excellent Ad

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks, but it’s not an ad really. Only the link shoutout is! The rest is just a video on usd :-)

[@sergetheijspartner2005]

Could a picture made in AI like Dall-e or ideogram also be layered in multiple prims (to use the jargon) and then be imported in Blender? I saw an .OBJ file could I import any USD file to Blender export it as an OBJ and 3D-print it? I think the first question is harder, the second one maybe but you'ld have to check the files for inconcistencies in layers Amirite?

[@KaizenTutorials]

You could definitely import usd and export as obj to print. Youd have to check the model ofcourse, but it would work for sure. The other question I don’t know yet! It might be possible but it basically depends on if dall-e supports usd and layering.

[@jacrossiter2097]

Very curious about this but your game asset example missed a vital aspect of the process. You didn't address baking normal maps or handling the highpoly/cage. Additionally for something like the cone how does usd compare to fbx in regards to performance and filesize when working with something like unreal engine/Perforce?

[@michaeleaster8354]

A USD crate file will be smaller but comparable in size to a binary FBX. USD reduces file size by making assumptions about missing data instead of writing out default values to the file. However the USD file will carry PBR textures with it while FBX will not.

[@KaizenTutorials]

It kind of depends on what tool you use. Not every tool supports USD obviously and most who do don't support it in two directions YET. Having said that if you want to do your baking in Blender, Marmoset or Substance it's no problem. The process would remain exactly the same and all that data can be transferred using USD.

[@komalvishwakarma9740]

So far sooo good👍 But could u make a detailed video on NVIDIA OMNIVERSE and to exactly how it can be used in the content pipeline.... u see...the pros n cons and its overall functions 🙂

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thanks! Maybe I will at some point

[@LEDs]

How were you able to render the entire Attic scene in Cycles? My GPU runs out of memory and I have a RTX 3070

[@KaizenTutorials]

I'm running an RTX 4090 with 24GB of VRAM, so it can handle basically anything I throw at it. But I think my 3070 would've handled it too, especially with tricks like layering the render or using viewport simplification to have it work in the viewport.

[@t.r.n.gamingbeast1549]

Bro this is personal advice but please change the logo of your channel, something related to your all videos i really skip some of your videos because of it .

[@KaizenTutorials]

Wait what? You don’t watch my videos because of my logo? 🤔

[@t.r.n.gamingbeast1549]

​@@KaizenTutorialsnothing personal bro I love watching your tutorials and videos and I'm also learning from it it's just my suggestion. Your doing great and keep it up 👏🏻

[@favc097]

I come from Maya and moving to Blender. The thing is, everything will be made in Maya and move it to blender for rendering, how do you update the usd inside blender? if animators have a retake and then they export it again, how can this be reflected in blender?? I don't wan to import it agains because Im doing texturing and lighting the USD inside blender, I just need it to be constantly updated

[@KaizenTutorials]

It depends. At some point just saving the file should be enough. But USD isn’t there yet. Instead you’ll have to rely on links to do it. These are available in Omniverse. Omniverse is now basically the automatic converter.

[@favc097]

@@KaizenTutorials I’m really trying to understand omniverse but I can’t even create my local host and since we are a big team, I suggested to do everything inside Maya. The advantage of blender was to be free but I won’t take risks by figuring out how to work efficiently. We were considering alembics but the size will be too big and the extra step of re assigning materials… noup, too much work. I hope in the future I can implement blender for the team work. Awesome video btw!

[@favc097]

@@KaizenTutorials oh I forgot to mention that I made tests, I moved a maya scene to blender with usd but once I animate the camera in maya or something that was not animated at the first place, it won’t update to blender that’s why I was asking

[@blufudgecrispyrice8528]

Nice to see USD come this far. Now only if ORA was able to get a few more features added.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Ooh ORA is USD for 2D right? I think it'll get there. Maybe USD will eventually also tackle 2D.

[@blufudgecrispyrice8528]

@@KaizenTutorials I'd love for ORA to get more features. It's a great idea. I could use Photoshop, Clip Paint, GIMP or whatever. I don't know if it's productive to have USD tackle 2D. Do one thing well is the best. But if USD and ORA had similar features that allow for easy transfer that'd be great. For example, when ORA adds support for guides and proper text (I remain hopeful), I don't know if it would make sense for USD to support that.

[@Whalester]

6:56 what non-modelers think 3D modeling is like.

[@KaizenTutorials]

I don't follow?

[@Whalester]

@@KaizenTutorials It's a joke on how your cone 3D appears out of thin air in like 2 seconds

[@harrisonworkman6301]

even as an animator I think I'm def going to start using usd for a future personal project that I've been developing. But I'm curious , do you know if rigs are able to get transfered with usds (from maya to blender) or is it best to do that still in just one software ? (with the whole skinning weight stuff)

[@KaizenTutorials]

I haven’t tried myself but I know it handles animation well and plays back cached animation really well too. Rigs work, but afaik the filesize still increases a lot from it. Some people say gltf is better for rigs, but I expect that to change with AOUSD taking the lead on development now!

[@harrisonworkman6301]

@@KaizenTutorials ah i see, thank you very much for explaining about that and never heard of gltf until now , so i really appreciate it :)

[@HetPorototo]

Wait... apple ? It sounds like the start of a story of 5 friends but one of them will betray the other ones to get all the money

[@KaizenTutorials]

uh oh haha

[@RM-xr8lq]

pretty sure they are all for-profit companies outside of the blender foundation...

[@darrenberkey7017]

I don't know why, but it looks like you're lip syncing with your own voiceover that was dubbed in post.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Haha maybe, I got a new audio interface so I might need to check the audio sync in OBS! Thanks for the heads up.

[@GeometricPidgeon]

Wait, ppl don't know about .USD yet?

[@KaizenTutorials]

A lot don’t no! It’s an old tech, but had grown tremendously the last few months and years with AOUSD.

[@iamchriswick]

Pixar didn't just change anything. This is very old news.

[@KaizenTutorials]

USD is 8 years old. AOUSD is not and is the reason for this video. Major tech companies investing in USD and it becoming a non-profit organization and open-source is going to propel this forward tremendously!

[@qCarlosp]

Hello! Is there any news on USD and rigging ?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I believe it works, but it’s quite big in filesize compared to gltf for example.

[@AlanFregtman]

USD currently supports declaring skeletons and basic skinning weights. You wouldn't use it to export out an editable rig, but it can be helpful for doing a bunch of instanced data for say writing out a big crowd simulation as a bunch of animated skeleton animations.

[@leecaste]

WTF? Is everybody living under a rock? How did Pixar “just” changed the future of 3D? USD came out years ago.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Well like I said USD is from 2016. A lot of people don’t know it though, but more importantly with the formation of AOUSD, again initiated by Pixar this tech is going to skyrocket! Companies like NVIDIA and Apple are putting in major effort to speed up the process of a fully interoperable eco-system. Plenty interesting and new if you ask me!

[@zunara3Dcenter]

informational

[@KaizenTutorials]

Thank you! 😊

[@raksipulikka]

Can't wait for £

[@KaizenTutorials]

lol

[@BCABPP]

So basically PC only :-(

[@KaizenTutorials]

Why not Mac? Or Linux? Or do you mean vs other devices?

[@BCABPP]

@@KaizenTutorials because what I saw was the first step here required an NVIDIA???

[@buh2001j]

Facetubing is annoying as it is but why can't you sync your audio properly?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Seems synced to me?

[@Flash_of_Stars]

nice

[@constantinosschinas4503]

Clickbait, i feel.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm, care to explain?

[@constantinosschinas4503]

@@KaizenTutorials Sure. Saying Just change the future of 3D forever on the title is too much. That simple :)

[@KaizenTutorials]

@constantinosschinas4503 allright, fair enough. I think this is like the 1st smartphone. It’s far from perfect, but it’s still the reason we have these amazing devices today and can’t live without them. USD is similar and AOUSD is the tech giants taking that ‘1sr smartphone idea’ and turning it into high-end devices. It’ll take time, but it’ll get there!

[@constantinosschinas4503]

@@KaizenTutorials As others mentioned, it is also the fact that instead of digging more into the format itself, the video oriented more to nvidia and other solutions. But, again, it is the overwhelming title more than the rest that stands out. I get your comparison to phones, given though the complexity and structure of each programme, "non destructive" can never be accomplished, unless a very smart AI feature recogniser is introduced, that translates all objects and their features into editable nodes. I see it more like a dramatic workflow enhancer, but aren't the near perfect realtime importers/synchers like Twinmotion or Unreal LiveSync, or the wonderful Speckle for BIM, already revolutions? We went from hours or days of exporting to single clicks. Substance was a lso a big leap in texture creation workflow and synching, especially that many programmes and realtime engines natively support them. Unreal itself is the revolution. Nanite and Lumen especially really changed 3D forever. Complex scenes can be rendered (if you have the knowledge and skills) in realtime, with outstanding visual fidelity. So i would suggest to keep bold phrases to where they fit only, or we completely loose scale of things and accomplishments. Think about university grades. Personally, if i was ever a teacher, i would reserve anyrhing above 9/10 for seriously gifted students, amd 9.9 for geniuses. 10 would be never an option.

[@danialsoozani]

USD is like IFC in construction.

[@KaizenTutorials]

I have no idea what IFC is, so care to elaborate? :-D

[@danialsoozani]

​@@KaizenTutorials sure! IFC format is a universal standard file which contains all of Architectural, Structural, Electrical and Mechanical information in a single file. for example Revit, Archicad and BlenderBIM can create them. imagine a whole 3D model of the building with all the details and information needed for it. it's part of Building Information Model (BIM) concept. You can send the IFC file for client and they can inspect it even in their phone or via HTML link. I hope that makes sense :D

[@KaizenTutorials]

@danialsoozani ooh cool! Yeah that makes sense. Thanks for explaining 🙏🏻

[@danialsoozani]

@@KaizenTutorials Thank you for USD video. I was wondering since 3.6 how can I share my architectural files in a universal format so my clients can see the materials simply (PBR) even on their phones. I thought maybe usd is the key and your video made it clearer for me. Is it possible you think?

[@KaizenTutorials]

@@danialsoozani It depends on what software theyd use to view it. But yes technically that would be possible I think.

[@GoGo-ze1mq]

I don't get it. Nvidia Omniverse has been out for like 2 years now and I don't ever see anyone using it or talking about it. I wonder if it actually would help me with my workflow. If it's free, open source and solves a problem everyone using more than one 3D softeare has then how come it hasn't been widely adopted yet?

[@KaizenTutorials]

That’s not Omniverse, that’s USD. Omniverse isn’t open source but free to use nonetheless. USD is the overarching tech that will enable cross-platform, boundless, creation. Omniverse is a current solution to create a great workflow portal for companies and individuals that works around current USD issues and provides valuable solutions to use USD more easily.

[@GoGo-ze1mq]

I see. No hate or anything like that, I am definitely going to try out both but if it's as good as it seems it's a little baffling so few are using it

[@KaizenTutorials]

It’s still not all thrre yet. It works great for some, but not for all. Plus it’s always hard finding info like this unless people make videos on it 😉

[@gordon7936]

What about USD file updating? If I edit just a single mesh in a huge scene saved in USD file my software will look into the file and overwrite just what it needs or load whole usd file and save everything again? Or is it just software dependant?

[@KaizenTutorials]

As I understand it it will only change that part of the USD file, which makes it so powerful for multiple person workflows and big teams!

[@Conker32192]

what Camera are you using though?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I’m using a Sony A6400 with the kit lens.

[@yeknommonkey]

Go and license that pond5 clip before they try to fine you.

[@KaizenTutorials]

😅

[@curtisnewton895]

I so hate titles trends...how many videos out there have "changed .. forever" in their fucking title ?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Time to make a video to create a new trend 'I changed KZbin Titles Forever!'. No but I get what you mean, it's just the way we have to play the game these days.

[@AeditZ]

which font you use .. please tell me 😢

[@KaizenTutorials]

It’s called Caught! 👍🏻

[@AeditZ]

@@KaizenTutorials thanks 👍

[@komalvishwakarma9740]

Any other alternative for USD dats mind-blowing???

[@KaizenTutorials]

Gltf is pretty nice in some cases!

[@lobabae]

can we also add unreal engine to this pipeline ?

[@KaizenTutorials]

Absolutely! You can check all the apps Omniverse and USD work with here; www.nvidia.com/en-us/omniverse/ecosystem/ and here www.openusd.org/release/usd_products.html

[@VicenteRaiol]

So, lifelink will basically work like Adobe graphic design pipeline. That's very sweet.

[@KaizenTutorials]

Sort of yes!

[@dc37009]

Holy shit dude ! Yay Pixar ! (Apple can still suck it...).

[@KaizenTutorials]

Lol but yeay Pixar!

[@ErichToven]

USD ams to fix the issue of too many formats by introducing yet another format. I'm sorry but no. Looks good on paper, but the idea seems more hype than out of the box thinking. Blender is a open format with a flexible database based design. Why hasn't it fixed the interpolarity issue then?

[@KaizenTutorials]

I get your point, but I think it's not true that a new format might not do the job. USD wasn't intended to fix everything. It was intended to make Pixar's life easier. But since they released it as open-source the community started implementing it into their pipelines. This lead to the formation of AOUSD and with major tech companies founding that their goal is to have USD be the 1 format for most stuff 3D. And that's something I think could very well be done and inspires me!

[@HarrisonBorbarrison]

w

[@shinchin384]

openusd is good, but nvidia is not. If I use om to pass models between tools, I have to share them with nvidia, and they will use them for the AI learning, that's not cool.

[@kaizu4914]

oh no!

[@KaizenTutorials]

Hmm is that so? I haven't heard about that, but also haven't really looked into it.

[@shinchin384]

Three years ago, when I was trying an early version of om in the revit workflow, I once noticed that the agreement listed similar terms regarding the collection of data from free users for deep learning purposes.( so, What data? At that time USD was the only one passed to the om when I logged in.) Due to the urgency at that time, I chosed to agree. Now, I don't believe they suddenly stopped doing that. The om versions are alse updated too frequently, and I haven't reviewed the user terms for every version. I think maybe the delay in implementing the new legislation is their basis for withholding the information.@@KaizenTutorials

[@shinchin384]

I don't why, my words keep disappearing.@@KaizenTutorials