Alembic

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3D file format computer graphics interchange framework open-source software project

Alembic is an open-source computer graphics interchange framework and file format used to efficiently store and transfer complex animated 3D geometry and scene data between different software tools.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 3D file format ⓘ
computer graphics interchange framework ⓘ
open-source software project ⓘ
designedFor animation pipelines ⓘ
cross-application data exchange ⓘ
efficient interchange of animated scenes ⓘ
feature film production ⓘ
game cinematics pipelines ⓘ
high-end visual effects workflows ⓘ
developedBy Industrial Light & Magic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sony Pictures Imageworks NERFINISHED ⓘ
emphasizes application-agnostic data representation ⓘ
baked results over procedural dependency graphs ⓘ
hasFileExtension .abc ⓘ
hasLicense BSD-style open-source license ⓘ
hostedOn GitHub NERFINISHED ⓘ
implementedIn C++ NERFINISHED ⓘ
isOpenSource true ⓘ
provides C++ API ⓘ
Python API ⓘ
supportsDataType NURBS surfaces ⓘ
animated 3D geometry ⓘ
cameras ⓘ
lights ⓘ
materials metadata ⓘ
particle data ⓘ
polygon meshes ⓘ
scene data ⓘ
subdivision surfaces ⓘ
topology ⓘ
transform hierarchies ⓘ
supportsFeature backward compatibility of files ⓘ
baked animation ⓘ
deformation caching ⓘ
geometry caching ⓘ
hierarchical scene representation ⓘ
instancing ⓘ
streaming I/O ⓘ
time-sampled data ⓘ
versioning of schemas ⓘ
supportsWorkflow asset handoff between departments ⓘ
cross-facility data exchange ⓘ
layout to lighting data transfer ⓘ
render farm caching ⓘ
simulation to rendering data transfer ⓘ
usedInIndustry animation ⓘ
film production ⓘ
games ⓘ
television production ⓘ
visual effects ⓘ
usedInSoftware Autodesk 3ds Max NERFINISHED ⓘ
Autodesk Maya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blender NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cinema 4D NERFINISHED ⓘ
Foundry Nuke NERFINISHED ⓘ
Katana NERFINISHED ⓘ
SideFX Houdini NERFINISHED ⓘ
uses HDF5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ogawa storage backend ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SceneKit → supportsFileFormat → Alembic ⓘ
Blender → supportsFormat → Alembic ⓘ
LightWave 3D → supports → Alembic ⓘ