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In a short making-of (2026-01-16) Mikkel Lassalle reports his kaiju ocean shot used a Houdini FLIP simulation of about 50 million particles plus about 70 million whitewater particles; to make the whitewater feasible he split the FLIP tank into four wedges, simulated each separately, and combined them at render; the environment was matte paintings composited in After Effects with \"simple blend modes and color corrections\" (method transferable to Nuke/Fusion); HUD graphics also in After Effects; creature by a collaborating 3D artist, music/sound by another collaborator. Value: a concrete scale/time reference to contrast with AI-generated water \"for free\" in layout-to-rend...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Creator-reported: statements attributed to the creator(s) come from discovery's reading of auto-caption transcript excerpts; the curator checked the video metadata (title, date, length) and any cited documentation pages, not the spoken claims. Nothing was tested; promotional or sponsored framing applies where stated.\n\nIn a short making-of (2026-01-16) Mikkel Lassalle reports his kaiju ocean shot used a Houdini FLIP simulation of about 50 million particles plus about 70 million whitewater particles; to make the whitewater feasible he split the FLIP tank into four wedges, simulated each separately, and combined them at render; the environment was matte paintings composited in After Effects with \"simple blend modes and color corrections\" (method transferable to Nuke/Fusion); HUD graphics also in After Effects; creature by a collaborating 3D artist, music/sound by another collaborator. 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