Does Anyone Know What Software Was Used To Create

[EveryOtherUsernameTaken]

??? I would like that software please :)

[Linkinfamous]

Visual effects are created by entire teams of very talented people with years upon years of experience working with many different pieces of software.

It's not something you'd be able to do by just downloading a piece of software and clicking a button. You also need to have a decent hardware setup (Good cameras, etc.) for it.

[NeoXY]

^ but I think he's asking assuming that you over look it, what are the softwares just involved in the creation of something like that...

and personally, I have no idea

[FizzyChickenBroth]

Probably the following combination:

3D software: Autodesk Maya or SoftImage XSI

Compositing tool: Apple Shake or something in-house

Rendering tool: Pixar Renderman or something in-house

Some physics engine

Obviously, you won't be able to use whatever they're using in-house. But, you can use the stuff I listed. All of these tools require TONS of experience to pull off something as advanced as what you saw in Die Hard 4. None of them are easy to learn, either. You can't just pick it up and start doing cool stuff. It will require a massive amount of time and effort to learn. And you also can't just learn one of those tools. They all sort of go together. You gotta learn em all :)

They used lots of advanced physics and particles. The "photo realistic" part is one of the easier things achieved these days thanks to the advances of modern rendering engines and their ability to raytrace and such. It's getting the crumbles and explosions to look real that's a bit more difficult.

[Sethos]

They probably made a small scale model, blew it up and touched up the footage.

[noPCtoday]

They probably made a small scale model, blew it up and touched up the footage.

I'll second this dude, I remember when I saw that scene in theatre, my first thought was "this is gotta be a model blowing up".

[richter]

http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/do-interview-...10866.html?amp;

Oooppss...not exactly for your scene. I am sure if you go through some CG forum you'll find the answer. But a lot of studios use heavily modified tools such as Maya and so on.

Edited May 10, 2008 by richter

[spavacer]

Wasn't it the capital that was destroyed?

I need to watch that movie again. Very good.