Stylization in Animation Films
Friday, 17 August
2:15 - 4 pm
Room 403

Session Chair
Cassidy Curtis
PDI/DreamWorks


RainMan: Fluid Pseudodynamics With Probabilistic Control for Stylized Raindrops
Daniel L. Herman
Pixar Animation Studios
1511 44th Avenue
San Francisco, California 94122 USA
dh@digitalfish.com

This directable system for simulating fluid flow based on pseudodynamic techniques introduces some novel mechanisms of control while relying on both physical and nonphysical methods.


Fast-Moving Water in DreamWorks "Spirit"
Saty Raghavachary
DreamWorks Feature Animation
Room 223, Riverside Building
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, California 91214 USA
saty@anim.dreamworks.com

A novel way to use particles as surface-deformation fields to achieve the look of fast-moving water.


Hybrid Ink-Line Rendering in a Production Environment
Rasmus Tamstorf
Walt Disney Feature Animation
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521 USA
rasmus.tamstorf@disney.com

A hybrid ink-line renderer developed at Walt Disney Feature Animation and some lessons learned from using it for animated feature films, including "Atlantis."


Creative Approaches to the Integration of CGI With Traditional Animation in Disney's "Atlantis: The Lost Empire"
Kiran Joshi
Walt Disney Feature Animation
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, California 91521 USA
kiran.joshi@disney.com

How CGI was integrated into the creative process in production of Disney's first action-adventure animated feature.