“Virus” by Bruno

Conference:

• SIGGRAPH 1998

Title:

Virus

Director(s):

• John Bruno

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

Animation / Video Overview:

SIGGRAPH 1998 Animation / Video

Type:

Animation / Video