Special Effects: Matrix "Bullet Time"

[gfx]

use refraction on your trails

[Waz]

3D kingdom has a good tutorial on how to do the effects, i did it, changed some stuff and got some really good results, except for the insanly long render time


http://www.3dkingdom.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=284&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0

[rrobert]

Nice work, but the image is very dark... I really had to push up the brightness of my monitor to see the effect.

other than that, :thumbsup:

[Veggie_Iller]

Yeah, refractions would be nice. But it would be hard to see them with a black background.

[BonoMan]

The few times I've used a similar effect I did it in post. For instance just render the rings out in black/white (or colors if you want). Then went into after effects or program of your choice and make it a displace layer. Therefore it displaced the background plate depending on the intensity of the color (or 'blackness' if you rendered it out black/white) of the rings.

Works quite well!

[Rei Ayanami]

The trails in the films spread out more, make them a little wider going back unless these are high velocity rounds. (sniper rifle AT rife etc)

[digital NUT]

Ok guys, I've revved up my scene using some of your guys's useful comments. But I have to tell you, I lack the amount of tools in my inventory, having access only to: 3ds MAX 5 (fluent), Photoshop 7.0 ( a few tricks here and there, and Maya 4.5 (totally clueless). Therefore, I am not able to access after effects, although I have premiere.
Now back to the bullet. I need help on refractions. If you watch footage from the first matrix (the part where Neo stops the bulets) there is a refraction -in between- the ripples. I don't know how to explain this, but it looks like the liquid you make bubbles with. Any ideas on how to accomplish this feat? In this picture below, I used another particle spray to give the refractions...:bounce:

PS: I didn't want to refract the box as much, so I moved it to the side. The purpose of the box is to show you the refractions of the background more clearly.

[future14]

cool......i've been looking for that since i watch the MATRIX man!!!






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[Gremlin]

that actually looks pretty damn cool, but put it in an environment that isint 97% sky :D so we can really see what it looks like!
Cheers,
:beer:

[digital NUT]

Thanks for the compliments:applause:
But guys, what else can I work on?

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