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The Ocean and Water Pipeline of Disney's Moana: The Line Where the Sky Meets the Sea

SIGGRAPH 2017

Ralf Habel, Patrick Kelly, Peter Kutz, Sara Drakeley, Jonathan Garcia, Sean Palmer

"Moana" was the largest and most complex water project the studio ever attempted, with over 900 shots requiring ocean interaction. We developed a lightweight implicit ocean representation coupled with a flexible authoring process for artists to visualize and edit specific features, pass those updates downstream, and automate common setups.

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Water
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