Fort Lauderdale ACM SIGGRAPH

February 27, 2025February 27, 2025

Visualizing Aviation Investigation Data By Christy Spangler

Using a set of data visualizations developed for the In-Flight Collision During Air Show Commemorative Air Force Boeing B-17G, N7227C, and Bell P-63F, N6763 investigation report, Christy Spangler will share her process of using Google Earth data provided by the performance engineer to develop a series of graphics that visually support the story of what happened in this collision. In this presentation, Ms. Spangler will cover how she uses her background with 2D and 3D graphics, animation and compositing, combined with her experience in data visualization and 508 accessibility compliance to develop these images using Google Earth, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.

Join us on March 4th at 7pm EST by visiting the link below:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87397456122?pwd=wyMrqn5OlQ2QsQEdQ52DSVvJz4yNbC.1

Christy Spangler is a visual communicator that specializes in technical and engineering subject matter related to the transportation industry. She has earned a MS degree in Engineering Design Graphics from East Tennessee University and a BFA degree from Jacksonville University. She has presented her work at the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and at the Fort Lauderdale SIGGRAPH Chapter. Ms. Spangler currently works for the National Transportation Safety Board where she serves as a Digital and Website Content Developer responsible for creating digital multi-media for the agency’s online communications.

December 19, 2024December 19, 2024

Game Night Meetup – Our first Meetup After Re-Chartering

After going through the steps of re-chartering the chapter, we had our first meeting where we discussed future events, upcoming technologies and caught up after first talking about re-establishing the Fort Lauderdale SIGGRAPH Chapter. We are looking forward to more events in the near future.

June 12, 2021June 12, 2021

Tony Reynolds, Sculpting Likenesses; zBrush Demonstration with Q&A discussion (This will be online using Zoom, please sign up to get the zoom invitation)

Tony Reynolds has many years of experience with digital sculpting and rendering pipelines. He’ll show us some techniques and follow with a Q&A session.
More of his work here:
https://www.artstation.com/tonysculptor

This will be on zoom video conferencing. It is FREE, but we encourage you to consider becoming an Associate SIGGRAPH Chapter member. Information is on our website
https://fort-lauderdale.siggraph.org/membership/

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December 10, 2020December 10, 2020

Rick Daniels, Director of Operations for Ghostpunch Games

Rick Daniels helped establish game development here in South Florida in 1990s with Shadows in Darkness and is now expanding the presence of Ghost Punch Games Studio in Sunrise, FL.

His talk will cover the following topics:

Rick’s background, history, and experience.
Careers in gaming
Starting your own company.

Zoom conference will open at 6:30 on December 17th, 2020. Talk and Q&A from 7 to 8 pm.

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020

SIGGRAPH2020 ELECTRONIC THEATER-Virtual Traveling Show

Our next virtual event will bring back the Electronic Theater Traveling Show!

(BTW, We will be going to online-virtual mode until we can safely gather in-person again)

This year tickets are limited to the first 40 people that renew OR become new Fort Lauderdale ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter “Associate” members. Only $5 for students and $15 for professionals. Please sign up or renew as soon as possible to get your free ticket.

https://fort-lauderdale.siggraph.org/membership/

ACM SIGGRAPH proudly presents highlights from the SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival
Electronic Theater. SIGGRAPH 2020 was held virtually and welcomed more than 10,000 global attendees.

The Show
The SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater Traveling Show features a selection of innovative animated short films, visual effects reels, and more. The films were produced by professionals and students from around the world and were originally shown as part of the SIGGRAPH2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater, a leading annual festival for the world’s most groundbreaking, accomplished, and amazing digital filmmakers.
For 2020, the content in its original form premiered during the first-ever virtual SIGGRAPH conference, 17–28 August.
The annual festival is a qualifying event of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival have gone on to be nominated for or receive the Best Animated Short Film Oscar.

Length
The length of the show is around 89 minutes, and includes a short presentation given by a SIGGRAPH representative plus the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater Traveling Show reel.
SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater Pre-show (22 minutes)
SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Traveling Show (89 minutes)

June 11, 2019

VFX in Games and Film: Procedural Techniques with SideFX

Our next event will feature SideFX Software’s Senior Technical Artist, Luiz Kruel. He’ll discuss new procedural workflows and demonstrate Sidefx and Houdini methods for games and film production.

Luiz has over a decade of production experience in games. He has worked on several of the largest franchises in the industry, including Halo, Call of Duty, Doom, Madden and Just Cause. He is a part of the SideFX games team where he develops a set of popular tools to help Games and Film customers work more efficiently, writes articles for sites like 80.lvl, and consults with a large number of customers from around the world.

There may be SWAG!

This is a FREE event, but please consider signing up as a student or professional member.

DATE: June 19, 2019

TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

COST: Free

LOCATION: FAU Davie Campus

Davie West Building
Classroom DW 103
3200 College Avenue
Davie, FL 33314

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March 13, 2019

Women’s History Month Presentation: Christy Spangler will present her SIGGRAPH 2018 Poster

Christy Spangler is an interdisciplinary 2D and 3D visual communicator who specializes in technical and engineering subject matter. Building on her foundation of fine arts and photography, her experience and career have expanded to encompass graphic design, motion graphics, 3D animation, and video production. Ms. Spangler has worked in the print industry, for non-profits, a medical college, and the federal government.

With her diverse background, she has been able to design, produce and deliver visual packages that range from animation and motion graphics to graphic design, website development, posters and handouts for public and private events and purposes.

Ms. Spangler enjoys creative projects that allow her to experiment and expand her knowledge in techniques and media. Employed at the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in 2002, Ms. Spangler is responsible for designing engineering, promotional and multimedia graphics, and animation. In 2004, she was involved in establishing the NTSB Animation Lab and established the development of accident reconstruction animations. She currently serves as a Digital and Website Content Developer responsible for creating digital multi-media for the agency’s online communications.

DATE: March 19, 2019

TIME: 7:00pm – 9:00pm

COST: Free

LOCATION: FAU Davie Campus

Liberal Arts Building
Classroom LA 331
3200 College Avenue
Davie, FL 33314

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November 7, 2018

SIGGRAPH 2018 Computer Animation Festival Traveling Show

You will see a bigger and better SIGGRAPH 2018 Computer Animation Festival Traveling Show this year!
The Traveling show will cover more of the works that are not usually seen away from the SIGGRAPH conference.

Electronic Theater Show features a selection of innovative, creative animated short films and visual effects reels produced by professionals and students from around the world that were originally shown as part of the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival, a leading annual festival for the world’s most groundbreaking, accomplished, and amazing digital film creators. For 2018, the content in its original form premiered at SIGGRAPH 2018, 12–16 August, in Vancouver, British Columbia.

The annual festival is a qualifying event of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Since 1999, several works originally presented in the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival have been nominated for or have received a Best Animated Short Oscar.