CeeGee Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 Smoke effects play a significant role in MIB3 and are featured in almost all of the 600 visual effects shots created by SPI for the film, including a memorable rocket launch sequence from Cape Canaveral in Florida. Creating computer generated (CG) smoke is a very labor-intensive process, requiring complex simulations that tie up expensive and valuable computer processing power. Theo Vandernoot is an effects supervisor at SPI and a longtime user of both Side Effects’ Houdini software and NVIDIA GPUs. He discovered that by using Houdini 12 (with improved GPU optimization) on an NVIDIA Maximus™-powered workstation, he could dramatically improve not only the speed of simulations by up to 10X, but also the quality of smoke generated in MIB3. http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/267/3628 Also video making of http://www.movieweb.com/movie/men-in-black-3/cape-canaveral-featurette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunker Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Cool stuff, thanks Igor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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