Friday, 5 December 2008

The First Scene







The Top image... its getting there but I still need to tweak a little bit in After Effects which I'm happy to do as after this it will look IMENSE!!!! Very happy with the images coming out and we fixed the light inside the bell (as it looked like it was coming out OF the bell) after a days work we are now rendering over the weekend.  I'll let you all know how it goes.  By the way - the moon... its a cheap trick with two moons so that we could keep the detail in the front moon but add the Glow given off without losing the details.  Alec and I worked on this shot together but I sorted all the camera angles and the moon after a great deal of grief.  The flag waving.... Alec taught a cheap trick using a deformer (wave) which'll simulate wind flowing in one direction by just animating the Offset and putting the infinity on Linear so it just keeps going throughout the whole scene.

Either way... I hope shot one is done now .... I'm excited to head back to Uni (sad isn't it) as not only is there my render waiting but also Simon's Occlusion pan around our set will be waiting.  We got a brief taster of it at 4 before we left and it looks great so far.  Its a 180 degrees spin around the front of our docks.  Took a long time to render and perhaps now we should test the Render Farm next week!!! Monday Morning I aim to render another test (the First scene again) just to get a comparison to see what happens between the one done on the local pc and then the one on the Render Farm, and just how much hassle will be involved.
Roll on Monday!

9 comments:

Matt said...

Now where have i seen something like this before...

It does look mega awesome!

dwshufflebotham said...

I.... honestly dnt know wher u've seen something like this :s.... honestly I don't... lol Its somewhere between dreamworks Dude fishing and the guy with the telescope image. Cheers Matt :) I think I'm finally happy with it. I can't wait to see it all animating and running with sound....*wipes tear from eye* So proud of our team :D

dwshufflebotham said...

Ohhhh and a lil inspiration from Monkey Island :D obviously bt thats a given :D

Sarah said...

it is looking absolutely fantastic dan! its gonna be awesome to see the final

dwshufflebotham said...

Cheers ears... took a whole day as I wrote but the water is looking better.... by the way none of those shots above are in the final scene.... it looks better :D lol More specular on the water and pretty reflection on the moon.... Should be rendered NOW...can't wait to see it Monday Morning :D Cant wait to see a lot of the projects actually.... it gives me **shivers** lol

Dan Grigsby said...

Awesome work mate :)

dwshufflebotham said...

ta very mch....brownie points for anyone who can spot the difference in the images.... one is every so slightly different to all the others :D

Matt said...

Ooohh i know, i know... The flag in the top render is triangle whereas the other are rectangle.

dwshufflebotham said...

Correct... well done *gold star*