“Volume Rendering for Pixar’s Elemental” by Fong
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- Production & Animation
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- Volume Rendering for Pixar's Elemental
Session/Category Title: Sampling Volumes and Surfaces
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Abstract:
This work presents recent updates to the volume rendering algorithms in RenderMan, the production renderer used at Pixar. These algorithms were deployed on Pixar’s feature film Elemental which featured an immense number of highly complicated and detailed volumetric characters.