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written by SDC on October 31, 2006

BFD, animators have been doing this level of work for years, with RealFlow and Maya.

http://sickr.wordpress.com/
written by Sickr on November 1, 2006

Wow it looks as though I was the only one who found that demonstration rather impressive

http://blog.nada-corp.de
written by mighty-joe on November 1, 2006

No, you weren't the only one. Thoug i must say, the scenes with the water flowing through the 50s-Looking streets seem. Familiar... Might they be from a movie?

Cheers, joe!

http://lokeymassive.net
written by lokey on November 1, 2006

wow, i say. I say again, wow. I really dug the 'boxes' of water they showed near the beginning. Very cool...

You are full of shit.
written by urmom on November 1, 2006

"BFD, animators have been doing this level of work for years, with RealFlow and Maya. "

Whatever, wanker.

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written by jodi on November 1, 2006

"No, you weren't the only one. Thoug i must say, the scenes with the water flowing through the 50s-Looking streets seem. Familiar... Might they be from a movie?"

I think it might be a scene from Poseidon

Relax
written by Dennis on November 10, 2006


It was cool and worth seeing. Whats with all the cursing?

re SDC
written by B-man on November 10, 2006

The difference between what's showcased at places like SIGGRAPH and what animators/artists to in Maya or Realflow is that, specifically with those box examples - the water flow and properties is not actually "animated" at all. It's generated automatically through complex physics algorithms, usually from scratch. They're not 3D animations, they're physics simulations.

I love it
written by Anthony H. on December 3, 2006

I can appreciate the work of such 3d artists - I'm a freelance graphic designer and I can only wish and hope that someday I get my hands on programs used to create images and animations such as those... I love it!

re SDC
written by re SDC on December 3, 2006

Get over yourself, wanker. You don't know what you're talking about.

re ...
written by re ... on December 5, 2006

"No, you weren't the only one. Thoug i must say, the scenes with the water flowing through the 50s-Looking streets seem. Familiar... Might they be from a movie?"

"I think it might be a scene from Poseidon"

But wasn't Poseidon on a boat?

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written by j on December 14, 2006

"No, you weren't the only one. Thoug i must say, the scenes with the water flowing through the 50s-Looking streets seem. Familiar... Might they be from a movie?"

"I think it might be a scene from Poseidon"

But wasn't Poseidon on a boat?
^ i think so...

on the real though... this is pretty cool but not really that new...

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written by WoW on December 19, 2006

really impressive!

it IS a bfd.
written by AWESOME! on January 13, 2007

I am a 3d artist, and I can clarify that this is what is called a "dynamic simulation" There is alot more than click a button and let it rip I can assure you. There are indeed complex Physics equations at work behind this stuff. True that this type of effect can be acheived in Maya or some other off the shelf 3d app, but rarely is that the case. There is an effects company called Hydraulix, who did many effects like this for the movie "Day After Tomorrow." And the guys did it all using their own proprietary software. To acheive effects like this in a program like Maya, you would have to spend days tweaking settings in order to get things to look right, and furthermore, it would be so slow, that you'd almost never be able to run your simulation interactively. So lets give the guys from Scanline a hand, without people like them, you'd never get half the cool stuff you see in movies!

Poseidon or Whatever
written by Jb on January 17, 2007

"I think it might be a scene from Poseidon"

Further research on the Scanline site references the movie "Stormflood". http://www.scanlinevfx.com/projects.html

No matter how dated, old or what you think makes it work, its pretty cool. 50 years ago, special effects consisted of matte paintings and led lights for a spaceship. These days, leaps and bounds are crossing the border to stellar achievements.

And more. .
written by Jb on January 17, 2007

Their latest project is the film "300". Search for it. It looks insane.

Imagine
written by sturla on March 15, 2007

Imagine when computers are quick enought to do this in realtime. 5-10 years i would guess. Imagine the games, the virtual reality....it is going to be spectacular..we are livin in exciting times.