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Disney's Practical Guide to Path Tracing

Walt Disney Animation Studios · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Computer graphics & renderingAnimation & visual effects

What it is

Walt Disney Animation Studios' short introduction to path tracing, showing how rays are traced and bounced through a virtual scene to simulate light. It explains how this approach is used in animated films.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as an approachable intro to path tracing in ray tracing and rendering threads.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “Disney made an excellent video describing their use of ray tracing in movies.”

    Less technical, broader look at ray tracing in movies.

    legodt, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Breakdown of a Simple Ray Tracer”

  2. “here's a great Disney video introducing path tracing”

    Introduction to path tracing.

    andystanton, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “Accelerated “Ray Tracing in One Weekend” in CUDA”

  3. “Here's a kind of silly but accurate view of path tracing for animated features”

    Silly but accurate view of path tracing for animation.

    lattalayta, 2021-01 · Recommendation · in “Pixar's Render Farm”

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Topics: ray tracing, computer graphics, disney, rendering, animation

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