Sébastien Deguy is a prominent figure in the field of 3D Computer Graphics and Immersive technology. He founded Allegorithmic in 2003, building upon his doctoral thesis which he had completed at the turn of 2002. Under his leadership, Allegorithmic developed the Substance tool suite and became a market leader in the production workflows for various industries, including Video Games, Film, TV, Industrial Design, and Marketing. In January 2019, when Allegorithmic was acquired by Adobe, Deguy assumed the role of Vice President of 3D & Immersive at Adobe. His work has significantly influenced the development and application of 3D technology across multiple sectors, and he has been awarded a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award by the Academy in 2023 for his contribution to the art and science of movie making.

Part I Preamble and Introduction

Part II 1996 - 1998

Chapter 01 Key meetings

Chapter 02 DEA, Femis

Part III 1998 - 2001

Chapter 03 PhD Thesis

Chapter 04 Teaching

Chapter 05 Convergence

Part IV 2002 - 2003

Chapter 06 Incubation

Chapter 07 TAON 2, TAON3

Chapter 08 Conferences

Part V 2003 - 2007

Chapter 09 Beginnings

Chapter 10 Special Effects and Projects

Chapter 11 Presence in America

Chapter 12 Luxology and Imagesyth

Chapter 13 Dave Taylor, RoboBlitz, and ProFX

Chapter 14 Technical Demos

Chapter 15 Autodesk: first contacts

Chapter 16 NVIDIA and Pachinko

Chapter 17 Summary of Progress up to mid-2007, and conclusion of this period

Part VI 2007 - 2011

Chapter 18 Investment from Dassault Systèmes

Chapter 19 The team grows, new offices

Chapter 20 Prospection in Asia, and Redux

Chapter 21 Demos, products, and conferences

Chapter 22 Autodesk again

Chapter 23 A second round of investment

Chapter 24 Unity

Chapter 25 Summary of progress up to mid-2011, and conclusion of this period

Part VII 2011 - 2015

Chapter 26 PBR and Substance Designer

Chapter 27 Naughty Dog, alpha-site for Substance Designer

Chapter 28 Premises

Chapter 29 Substance Painter

Chapter 30 Demos, games, and products

Chapter 31 Contests,

Chapter 32 Conferences and commercial prospection

Chapter 33 New markets

Chapter 34 Summary of progress up to mid-2015, and conclusion of this period

Part VIII 2015 - 2019

Chapter 35 Structure and Culture

Chapter 36 Our Products

Chapter 37 The Meet MAT Contest

Chapter 38 Conferences and Substance Days

Chapter 39 Investment in Adone, in 2017

Chapter 40 Global Gatherings

Chapter 41 X-TAON: the Allegorithmic concept car, and the contest

Chapter 42 Sale to Adobe

Chapter 43 Summary of progress up to the beginning of 2019, and conclusion of this
period

Part IX Conclusion and Postface

References

Index