Art directing Pyro – The Houdini combustion model demystified

Making-of | Introduction | Intermediate | Expert | Software Features
animago AWARD & CONFERENCE 2019

This talk will be a deep dive into Houdini’s Pyro Solver and show how the FX-Team at RiseFX used Microsolvers to create surrealistic pyro FX for the Netflix series Stranger Things and Dark (Season 2).

It will describe the maths behind explosions, smoke and fire, and show how to combine technology with arts to fit todays’ visual demands of studios and directors, especially in terms of art directability.

Speaker information

Fuat Yüksel

Lead FX TD
RISE Visual Effects Studios, Germany

Fuat Yüksel, Lead FX TD at RISE Visual Effects Studios, loves combining art and science with visual expertise and technical knowledge in the realms of FX-Maths and Simulations.
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