What do set dressers do at Pixar?
Working with the production designer and director, we choose and place all the props—vegetation, furniture, etc.—in the 3-D movie sets. Everything you see in the foreground and background has been placed by a set dresser. Our goal is to best support the film’s characters and their needs.The art department makes “shader packets” that show what types of textures we have to work with. After we put all the props in place, we apply all the graphics, such as a soda can label, and textures, such as a prop that has different types of wood to choose from. (Wood could have a walnut, ash or maple texture and either long or short grain variants.) We apply shader textures to architecture, foliage and props of all types.
Really great interview with an environment artist at Pixar.
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