“Ray-tracing fur for Ice Age: the Melt Down” by Swaaij – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

“Ray-tracing fur for Ice Age: the Melt Down” by Swaaij

  • 2006 Talks: Swaaij_Ray-tracing Fur for Ice Age: the Melt Down

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Title:

    Ray-tracing fur for Ice Age: the Melt Down

Session/Category Title:   Crowded, Furry, and in a Hurry


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Abstract:


    Some of the techniques implemented at Blue Sky Studios to render not only fur but also feathers and grass in “Ice Age: The Melt Down.”

References:


    1. J. T. Kajiya, T. L. Kay, 1989. Rendering fur with three dimensional textures’, In Proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 1989, ACM Press / ACM SIGGRAPH, New York. 271–280


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