{"id":499,"date":"2016-10-27T14:41:40","date_gmt":"2016-10-27T14:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/3d-imaging.co.uk\/blog\/?p=499"},"modified":"2016-10-27T17:32:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T17:32:47","slug":"cgi-animation-process-animated-cgi-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/3d-imaging.co.uk\/blog\/cgi-animation-process-animated-cgi-short\/","title":{"rendered":"CGI Animation Process in Blizzard Animated CGI Short"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0CGI Animation Process uses\u00a0Houdini FX<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Last Bastion is the latest animated CGI short from the\u00a0Blizzard, game developer<\/a>. For the most part, the CGI animation process uses\u00a0Houdini FX<\/a>. The superior\u00a0SideFX<\/a>\u00a0software works seamlessly with Maya and Cinema 4D objects loaded. The modelling of the\u00a0moss on the robot happened in\u00a0Autodesk Maya<\/a>. Xgen <\/a>is the provider of the required mini frond-like\u00a0fibres that gives the moss\u00a0the correct\u00a0appearance. The team had to be careful that the data would track in both packages.<\/p>\n

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Houdini FX handles the CGI Animation process in this animated CGI short. Autodesk Maya deals with the moss creation.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Animated CGI Short Full of CGI foliage<\/h3>\n

The 3ds max<\/a>\u00a0Grow FX<\/a>\u00a0plugin handled the initial creation of the widespread background foliage. It was then brought into Zbrush for specific alterations for that special touch.<\/p>\n

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Houdini has top quality fluid effects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Xgen generates the feathers and moss in this shot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the scene on the open prairie, only the grass nearer to the camera was actual geometry. The rows of grass further away from the camera are strips of polygons. Flat images of grass stalks map\u00a0onto these polygon strips. \u00a0The use of\u00a0Alpha channels makes the areas around the stalks transparent.<\/h3>\n
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The receding plains of grass are more detailed nearer the camera than the distant ones using simple textured flat polygons<\/span>.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rigging of both the plant geometry at the front of the shot and the planes at the rear helped them to sway in the wind. Houdini’s solver can make a library of individual plant movement cycles. \u00a0Differing wind intensities controls the application of a selection of these. This method gives a natural, believable look that cuts down on computation.<\/p>\n

Development of the soil simulation under the moss took three weeks whereas the whole plant system took more like three months.<\/p>\n

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