Special Effects Design

River Water Effects.

A detail of the prototype of water effects used in Ratatouille. Of note: The surface ripples and concentric rings of the raindrops are animated normal maps moving across a static mesh. Splashes are particles. This solution afforded us tremendous savings in frame rate.

2007. Prototyped in Maya. Textures painted in Adobe Photoshop.

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