Uploaded May 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video, special guest Technical Specialist JP Giancarlo walks you through a typical USD pipeline using Maya, Bifrost, and Arnold all together! (Original video hosted at Autodesk World: youtube.com/channel/UC3R3guV-KA7vCCcsIoCoI7Q)

For more information on USD, check out these resources:
What is USD? youtube.com/watch?v=SaBXE4yQetk
Pixar's official USD Home: graphics.pixar.com/usd/release/index.html
Create an epic robot battle in USD and Bifrost!: youtu.be/FwqS7f8Vb9k
Maya USD on GitHub: github.com/Autodesk/maya-usd
Catch up with Maya (USD content at 10:00): youtu.be/95h-3irNSCs

Table of contents
00:00 - Intro
01:44 - Setting up the pod for export with Arnold
05:08 - Importing USD into Maya and Bifrost
09:01 - Creating pod variants using Bifrost
24:50 - Bifrost instancing USD data to build the tower
46:05 - Rendering with Arnold + denoisers