“Virus” by Bruno
Conference:
- SIGGRAPH 1998 More animation videos from SIGGRAPH 1998:
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Title:
- Virus
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- Cinesite
Description:
This sequence shows further development and sophistication of Arete water, with the complexity of adding atmospheric and environmental variables. In addition, the clouds high-light Cinesite’s proprietary volume renderer. Using a combination of Alias, Dynamation, Perlin noise, Renderman, proprietary code and the above-mentioned proprietary volume renderer, artists were able to use —and render efficiently — between 5 million and 10 million particles at any given time.
Additional Contributors:
Director: John Bruno
Producer: Cinesite Digital Studios
Visual Effects Supervisor: Jay Riddle
Digital Effects Producer: Ariana Lingenfelser