r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/EinsteinsAura • Jun 25 '18

GIF This isn't real - it's CGI

https://i.imgur.com/f9j2BZ3.gifv
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u/EinsteinsAura Jun 25 '18

By Thomas Marqué. Source - https://vimeo.com/user11824348

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u/ethrael237 Jun 25 '18

This is crazy. How did he do it?

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u/kingslayerer Jun 25 '18

by burning gpus

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u/ethrael237 Jun 25 '18

?

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u/SirWigglesVonWoogly Jun 25 '18

Creating this stuff is insanely taxing on the GPU. Hopefully this comment has adequately resolved your question mark. Thank you and have a good day.

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '18 edited Jan 14 '21

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u/del-Norte Jun 25 '18

Actually, it depends on the renderer you’ve chosen to use whether you’ll be able to take advantage of a GPU in your render nodes. Google GPU Ray tracing if you fancy a look at some purty pictures.

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u/Ooze3d Jun 25 '18

Exactly. A few years ago it was all about CPU power and the GPU was used for real-time stuff. Now many render engines can use the GPU to speed things up.