Ice Age: Continental Drift Today

The fourth installment in the Ice Age franchise, released in 2012, centers on the accidental breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea triggered by the character Scrat's pursuit of his acorn. This "continental crack-up" separates the main characters—Manny, Sid, and Diego—from their families and sets them adrift on an iceberg in a struggle for survival against pirates and the shifting Earth.

: A major technical challenge for Blue Sky Studios was rendering realistic CG water and clouds . The team used proprietary software for rendering alongside off-the-shelf tools like Houdini for simulations and RealFlow for splash effects. Ice Age: Continental Drift

: To maintain lighting consistency, animators created 963 unique skies using a 3D "pop-up book" style for cloud formation. The fourth installment in the Ice Age franchise,

: This was the first Ice Age film shot in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio , moving away from the 1.85:1 ratio used in the first three films. The team used proprietary software for rendering alongside