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CourtJester
02-13-2003, 04:54 AM
Animation/composite test, to see if I could realize a realistic shot in one night. Conceived at 6PM to final comp at 6:30 AM, including one crash that wiped out about an hour and a half of voxel tweaks.

Comped in AfterEffects to add grain, titles and softness, to blend the layers together and to bury the static grain that would betray the background as a still.

DiVX 5.0.2 (2 MB in size)

Alien attack over Fermilab (http://www.altyna.com/examples/fermilab.avi)

Image used is from the Fermilab web site, which has tons of huge, top quality images and references for machinery, etc. don't recall the URL, but I know I got it from Flay.
LeifThoreson
02-13-2003, 05:21 AM
:beer:
Great ... Realy liked it. Would like to see what you could do in a weekend.
WhiteRabbitObj
02-13-2003, 08:28 AM
Wow! That's awesome! I live about 15 minutes from Fermilab when I'm not at school, definitely a cool place, and nice to know if WW III comes around, I'll be one of the first to go cuz of that proximity. LOL! This comp is amazing and spectacular all rolled into one. Did you model, texture, and animate all that in one night? Or just animate and comp?
Squarecloud
02-13-2003, 09:44 AM
WOW!!!

It's hard to see the difference between live action video and this static background. I like it :bounce: Kudos

And you said it's only a nights work for you??? Hummzz then i still have a lot to learn to speed up my workflow :rolleyes:
ee01akk2
02-13-2003, 10:31 AM
I Cant beleive that. it really needs to be said. if u did that in one night.... DAMN. great camera animating. u matched the scenes up nicely. dont know what to say. WORK ON A PROJECT FOR A WEEK. im sure ill think im watching a movie. KOOL explosion too. how?? how? how? tut?
eugene_fraxby
02-13-2003, 10:46 AM
cool......

the site link is fermilab photo database (http://www-visualmedia.fnal.gov/VMS_Site/v_photographs.html)
CourtJester
02-14-2003, 01:32 AM
WhiteRabbit.obj: animate and comp only, the alien ship and choppers already existed.

ee01akk2, it's simply two Hypervoxel explosions, one after the other, the second set to be bigger and "hotter" than the first. Local density gradients on FBM hypertexture. I finally made the HV3 breakthrough while working on that shot, now I'm trying to come up with some other scene that justified mucho explosions. The key I was missing in the past, was modulating the density.

I'm trying to think up a sequel right now.
stephen2002
02-14-2003, 02:03 PM
looks great, everything matches very well. The explosion looks belivable as well. I am happy to see the alien craft was not just a sauser :)
akewt
02-14-2003, 02:07 PM
its cool, altho i think the other 2 helicopters would be pushed away more by the shockwave.
Ryder
02-14-2003, 02:36 PM
LOL... nice!

i want more fire and wrekage parts etc...:bounce:
mister conehead
02-14-2003, 06:46 PM
WOW impressive :beer:

Very good work! do you have more of that. A little story?
suryap
02-14-2003, 07:35 PM
that's cool dude.....i like the way the other helicopter reacts after the blast......nice job...i would like to see more from u..:bounce:
CourtJester
02-16-2003, 12:55 PM
Originally posted by mister conehead
WOW impressive :beer:

Very good work! do you have more of that. A little story?

Thanks for the feedback, all!

There's some more "story" in the next shot:

"Suicide" Seto to take care of alien business (http://www.cgtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=44265)
sebek27
02-16-2003, 01:06 PM
did you use LW to model the helicopters and the ship or Maya ?
Great Job!:applause: :applause: :applause:
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