Pitch Doctor 2 - In House Pixar Storyboard Software

Hello guys,

I recently stumble upon this video on how pixar iterate story ideas using Pitch Doctor (0:28), pixar in house software. I wonder if this feature can be developed under blender platform, since we have grease pencil and brand new painting system.

I know that will totally different stuff but need your opinion as well. Here is how it is described:

Kelsey Mann, Pixar’s head of story, showed a tour of journalists at the studio’s headquarters that he could create a “pitch” for a scene in a matter of minutes using a combination of Pitch Doctor and Adobe Photoshop. With a stylus for inputting his hand-drawn sketches, Mann drew a scene and then brought it to life.

The software interprets his drawings and then creates a frame-by-frame cartoon that shows people what he means. As a team goes to work on the pitch, Mann can erase the animation and produce a new version in a matter of seconds. He changes the expressions on the faces of the characters or revises the way that they’re facing so that it draws the viewers eyes to a central point.

In this article, also explained the story behind Pitch Doctor or pitch docter.

Any leads? Thanks!

This screenshot is only assumption how Pitch Docter works, we really have no ideas.


Looks a bit like “Pencil”…

http://www.pencil-animation.org/

Yeah, but with extra features. It’s simplifying the task for creating animatic. It’s like combining pencil + krita + blender vse

It reminds me celtx.
https://www.celtx.com

If Blender could render Grease Pencil drawn in VSE, I’d be happy enough

I agree with you :smiley:

I’d support a development fund for this +1