ILM - Creating a Maelstrom for Pirates 3

[rorschachnite121]

Umm also another question...how many computers/render farms do you have in your ILM headquarters? and what is the spec inside? since i believe that by looking at Pirates 3 that must have took large amount of memory and render time.

[BloodDawg99]

Like seriously, until now, I thought the Malestrom was created with real water.

Wow astonishing effects!

[DJTommy812]

ILM should also create proprietary hardware :D

[MJGVFX]

I have on question do your software for fluid simulations uses Navier-Stokes Equation, FLIP,SPH or volume grids for their simulation ? 

[ILMVisualFX]

@MJGVFX As noted previously, we use our own proprietary fluid dynamics system which sits atop of, and heavily extends, Stanford's PhysBAM library- physbam.stanford.edu Navier-Stokes is at it's core.

[EtienneLF]

@ILMVisualFX How does your proprietary software compare to others such as RealFlow?

[ILMVisualFX]

@EtienneLF Hard to say since we do not use RealFlow.

[orlanduce]

is there something spinning in the middle?

[TheWarlord900]

John Knoll is a MASTER! 

[DeonelKumara]

Amazing fluid simulation! So this is ILM proprietary fluid sim software, correct? and not RealFlow or PhoenixFD or Lagoa?

[ILMVisualFX]

@DeonelKumara Correct. We use our own proprietary fluid dynamics system which sits atop of, and heavily extends, Stanford's PhysBAM library- physbam.stanford.edu

[JinKazamaBR]

To create the maelstrom (physics), ILM used proprietary software or used a commercial software, like the RealFlow? And the render? Mental Ray?

[9889961433]

i truly enjoy ILM's work........keep it up....u inspire a lot of ppl!

[mrtarek171]

i want to ask what is the name of the program in a university that if i studied it i will be able to make this computer generated imagery like in movies as transformers and pirates

[ILMVisualFX]

@mrtarek171 There is no single program that will give you everything your after however I would suggest you focus on one area, say compositing, animation or modeling & lighting and see what your school has to offer. Most likely, the principles learned in one software package can be applied to others.

[kingmarshall0]

Is ther any DVD of the making of or juste some 2-3 minutes videos on youtube? i wouldlike to get the whole video plz. Thx for answer :)

[VlaDjihar]

This is your program or software to another company?

[ILMVisualFX]

@VlaDjihar Ours.

[VisualEntity]

hey you guys used naiad!

[Fxhomer7]

Can't wait for the new ILM book comming out!

[davidstop]

It's great to see the straight simulations before rendering and comp! There's some lovely details in there. How many GPUs was this split over? How long did a frame take to simulate? What kind of resolutions were you using?

[Lilcolaperrr]

Hi, I want to ask, have the graphics card NVIDIA Quadro any software for make ani water animation? Thanks

[ILMVisualFX]

@Lilcolaperrr We use NVIDIA GPU technology across all of our shows.

[Lilcolaperrr]

@ILMVisualFX Thanks...but what program you use to make any animations with NVIDIA GPU? I think any Autodesk products ;D //Please answer me at Inbox Message\\

Thanks

[ILMVisualFX]

@Lilcolaperrr Our primary animation tools are Autodesk Maya and ILM's proprietary platform, Zeno.

[PhotoShopChannel]

@ILMVisualFX Do you use Max at all?

[ILMVisualFX]

@PhotoShopChannel Yes, our digital environments group uses it for digimatte work.

[jdowney429]

This is really interesting thanks.

[HillierSmithStudios]

Are you also WETA or are they a competitor?

[ILMVisualFX]

@HillierSmithStudios No. We have no association with Weta.

[HillierSmithStudios]

@ILMVisualFX Thank You, I have yet to achieve knowledge on the Computer Generation market, just a moment of curiosity

[unsound64]

The warping of gravity etc was very ingenious.



[3Daver]

Was realflow used at all or 100% proprietary? Oh and that "John Knoll" character in this video looks totally FAKE - I thought you guys were supposed to be the best :P

[ILMVisualFX]

@3Daver Realflow was not used - As noted previously, we used our proprietary fluid simulation system co-developed with researchers at Stanford University.

[3Daver]

@ILMVisualFX AH my mistake and apologies. Thanks for the reply.. 

[niquelapeaulisse]

amaizing work !!

[darthinsinuate]

I love clever little optimizations like that warping trick!

[acml26]

do you guys ever use after effects? (lol)

[ILMVisualFX]

@acml26 Yes, we use a number of off-the-shelf solutions albeit customized to operate in our pipeline.

[evans56942]

This is utterly inspiring

[redisforever007]

This is now my favorite channel on YouTube. Seriously awesome.

[mrjimmyos]

That is the most epic fluid simulation I have ever seen :o

[Track19Films]

Renderman?

[ILMVisualFX]

@Track19Films Yes ; )

[NikieVFX]

Anyone know what program was used to achieve this genius?

[ILMVisualFX]

@NikieVFX We used our proprietary fluid simulation system co-developed with researchers at Stanford University.

[NikieVFX]

@ILMVisualFX Ha so it's called What You Have And We Don't?....Wyhawd I like it! Time for me to get back to work...

[minieggg1]

wow, you sure know how to pick catchy titles for you videos.

[ILMVisualFX]

@minieggg1 Step one - get the videos out there for you all to see... Step two change the titles to something catchy... Got it.

[PresetVFX]

i wish these were longer :)

[jhfcreations]

I wish that realfow could do that. may be it can but i'm not sure. It is the most detail fluid simulation i have ever seen !!

[glacierise]

Incredifabulousness! The most meaningfull making-offs I've ever seen, keep them coming guys. If you make a DVD with that stuff, I'm camping at Amazon :)