My name is RandalRR.
Self learned enthusiast.
non professional…non employed…non educated in CG/3D/C4D/AE Animation or graphics.
It is my hobby…and my almost daily hobby at that.
I began my 3d CG journey in 2006-2009 re doing game skins for a game called Renegade.
using DDS textures in Photoshop.
I am an avid fan of the original Battlestar Galactica. (Adam’s Ark-Saga of a Star World) by Glen Larson.
Battlestar “War in Heaven”
A thought of a metaphoric good vs evil theme for this short.
And as usual just start doing it.Typically things seem to take on a life of their own once I start it.
This is still a wip project.
Part one. I would like to try a few things and am re-rendering the shots so they line up correctly.
Very nice stuff going on here…
only some points clicked on my eyes…
1- I don’t know about on which stage the titling is…but after seeing that great environment.title feels little lower or kinda cheap…you got what i mean right…or the title animation you can change…if i was on your place…i would let title come in just from center…instead of up or downside from camera… in fast face…and suddenly stops…or kinda slow hold…and again…goes away in very high speed…as it is space…it would suit it…
2- around 1:17 there feels like unnecessary cut…i found second cut nice.if i was on your place…i’ll delete that 1-2 second just before from cut and will keep it continue with after cut shot.
i don’t know am i able to explain properly what i mean.
hope it makes sense…just my opinion…your decison what’s the best.
All the best for this cool stuff…looking forward for more
Hello.
Tbh I been pondering more on it myself, only that the stars jump sizes and after 4 Lengthy re renders, I do not know what it is. I cannot locate what it is.
The title I originally wanted to make it like a superman fly in but no echo. I have Depth Mesh Gradient
on the text to give it trail or echo. The actual render is nice and bright and almost flamy looking, till the post effects blur it some out.
I have also tried to time it with the audio and the efx sounds…which is another aspect I may go back and re-do.I think I should alter a part of it…maybe a brighten with an added light ray…
Takes time to do.
I appreciate your input.I do.
Currently, am wanting to make as many clips as possible for a run of audio score…so…patience is a must.
Best and Regards,
RandallRR
Clouds are Pyroclusters using Thinking Particles.Stars are lights in TP Emitters also with a freeze.
I used a Expresso Freeze Group Pass to freeze them so I can Fly Thru.
The BG is a Milky Way image I recently was shown and also already had and dint know it .
I have been toying with it. (Got to go and look, I got 3 scene files for the star crawl)
It may just be the Image on a Plane or a Background Object in scene.
But I have Redone the image using layers Hard Light or other ways and combinations and been using/trying in conjunction with my Red and Orange Nebula cloud.
So, there is how I am doing the BG’s.
This is also possible in the mat channels/layers in C4D.I will never know it all in C4D.
As I sit thinking of a clip to make, or what and where to go…in a rarity I am blank.
Patience usually brings it back,but often you may have found something else to engage in.
Regards,
RandalRR
I am poly selecting and adding material to raw Sean Kennedy Battlestar Mesh for re-shooting
some of the open clips…may be a few months before that will be done as I want to change out the ships.
