Exotic Matter In The Press
3D Sharks And Naiad!
Naiad was used to simulate the 3D water in the recent film Shark Night 3D.
VFX Supervisor Gregor Lakner discusses the how he and his team tackled the challenging fluids shots in this new Computer Graphics World article. There is also this new article in Post Magazine detailing some of the Naiad fluids work in the film.
ILM And Naiad in CGW
Stockholm, Sweden (July 29, 2011). Computer Graphics World has a new article mentioning that ILM used Naiad for fluid simulation shots in the new Pirates of the Caribbean 4 blockbuster - read more about it here.
Naiad in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Stockholm, Sweden (July 17, 2011). Framestore used Naiad extensively for the fluid simulation and effects in the final Harry Potter film. More information and pictures can be found in this article and this new article from fxguide.
Weta Digital uses Naiad on X-Men: First Class
Stockholm, Sweden (June 18, 2011). fxguide has posted an article on how Weta Digital used Exotic Matter's Naiad fluid solver in X-Men: First Class. Read the full article here.
Weta Digital uses Naiad on Gulliver's Travels
Stockholm, Sweden (Dec 28, 2010). fxguide and Animation world network have posted articles on how Weta Digital collaborated again with Exotic Matter, and used Naiad for the fluid dynamics work on Gulliver:
Framestore Uses Naiad on the new Narnia Film: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Stockholm, Sweden (Dec 16, 2010). The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is the third film released in theaters featuring Naiad fluid simulations. FX Guide has more on that here. Computer Graphics World also has this article on the use of Naiad in the Dawn Treader:
Weta Digital uses Naiad on the A-Team movie
The A-Team is the second film released in theaters featuring Naiad fluid simulations. For more information, click on the link to the article from Animation World Network below:
http://www.awn.com/articles/article/creating-team-mayhem/page/2%2C1
April 2010
fxguide.com has posted a great article on Naiad's role in Avatar. You can find the article here.
March 2010
Until recently, Naiad's role as the fluid solution for the massive water sequences in the 3D blockbuster Avatar has been something of an industry secret, until this article appeared in the online magazine Entertainment Engineering!
August 2009
Exotic Matter was interviewed by Mike Seymour of fxguide.com at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, which was the first ever public appearance of Exotic Matter as a company, showcasing Naiad for the first time. (Please follow the link above, and look for Episode #062).
In this video, the founders of the company give a brief overview of the Naiad Software and its capabilities. There is also a glimpse of some of the early simulation results in the form of a 3D animation produced by the Important Looking Pirates (a Stockholm-based VFX facility).