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Volumetric Effects in a Snap

SIGGRAPH 2011

Contributors:
Joseph Hegarty
Denis Teplyashin
Peter Georges
Daniel Heckenberg

Abstract:
Volumetric effects have become a mainstay of the visual effects community over the past decade. With many third-party solutions available, what are the benefits and challenges of creating a proprietary system? We outline Snap, Animal Logic’s grid-based simulation and volumetric rendering framework used in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole (LotG) and Sucker Punch (SP).

Read the full Volumetric Effects in a Snap paper here!