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Vincent has been doing simulation work for film & television since about 2000. His recent contributions to The Magic Roundabout and Fantastic Four features led him to combine the best of every tool and come up with creative solutions for large-scale fx pipelines.

Introduction
What is attribute distribution?
It is the way a different value gets spread among every member’s attribute of a simulation, at birth. It is one of the most important (and often neglected) aspects in faking real-life behaviors. I would like to demonstrate its importance through some workflow ideas brought in this article.
A few examples of distribution [...]

Introduction
Hello and welcome to the second part of this article!
I’d like to introduce the following concepts as the result of procedurality, an extension to the non-linear workflow discussed before.
During our career, we have, and we will share quite a lot of production time with co-workers from different backgrounds, with different philosophies and ways of working. [...]

Introduction
When it comes to discussing the future implementation of XSI’s new simulation engine, everyone has a vague idea of what should or should not make it through the next version.
We all agree it should be procedural, open to unlimited possibilities and of course, user friendly. The following article tries to stimulate a mutual reflection on [...]