Renders

[Mattn]

very good job - but please also upload the source files ;-)
at least for a short time that i can upload them to svn

[sitters]

very good job - but please also upload the source files ;-)
at least for a short time that i can upload them to svn

OK Mattn

Here the complete source :

http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/render/luminance.jpg


http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/render/solarani1.rar

a big download 40MB.

The luminance map, I think you already have.

Willem

[Mattn]

the solar.jpg - self created, too?

[sitters]

the solar.jpg - self created, too?

You main the Sun ?
That's an visible light in cinema4D.

Willem

[Mattn]

ah sorry, not solar.jpg but space.jpg - http://ufoai.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ufoai/ufoai/data_source/videos/solar/space.jpg?view=markup

[sitters]

ah sorry, not solar.jpg but space.jpg - http://ufoai.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ufoai/ufoai/data_source/videos/solar/space.jpg?view=markup

Yea use an photo shop tutorial for making, and red-field seamless workshop plug-in.
Its an simple image, not real for our space, but then i must make all star groups ( to much work).


BTW: if you want screenshots, ask me.
I have 6000 renders of this movie, much higher quality then the movie clip.

Willem

[kracken]

OK make the final movie ( 3.5 minute ), its containing enough material for
making an intro.

If it's the final movie, I guess my remarks come too late  , but here's 2 suggestions to make the movie look more realistic:

1. the day light on earth doesn't seem to come from the sun: the half illuminated part of earth is not pointing toward sun.
The same for the moon: at first it looks like it's OK, but when the moon comes closer you can clearly see that the light source is not the sun (it's too close).

2. I think the night part of the earth shouldn't be really black. I'm not sure how intense the light coming from human cities should be, but I guess we should see it, no ? Like this:
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1438

Sorry for adding new remarks, if they are bothering you, just pretend that you've never read them . Your work is already great anyway.

[sitters]

If it's the final movie, I guess my remarks come too late  , but here's 2 suggestions to make the movie look more realistic:

1. the day light on earth doesn't seem to come from the sun: the half illuminated part of earth is not pointing toward sun.
The same for the moon: at first it looks like it's OK, but when the moon comes closer you can clearly see that the light source is not the sun (it's too close).

2. I think the night part of the earth shouldn't be really black. I'm not sure how intense the light coming from human cities should be, but I guess we should see it, no ? Like this:
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view_rec.php?id=1438

Sorry for adding new remarks, if they are bothering you, just pretend that you've never read them . Your work is already great anyway.

Its not necessary the final one, but i cant every time render a new movie by an remark.
because its cost a lot of time to render 6000 frames.

but I like your remark about the lightning of the  night part of the  earth, i see what i can do.


Willem

[sitters]

OK I make an new one, with city lights and better lightning.
Also change the speed of the camera an little bit.

The link :

http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/render/warp4_xvid.avi


Willem

[BTAxis]

I think it's turning out quite nice, Sitters. I also have a suggestion for the next pass. Can you make the Carriers stop over India, rather than Indonesia? That'd fit better with the storyline. Perhaps it's as easy as rotating the Earth a bit so India ends up underneath the place where the carriers stop moving.

[Mattn]

lightning is very nice now - i really like the city lights - good job

BTAxis are you sure this is really needed? when they enter atmosphere that can't happen straight....

[BTAxis]

Maybe, but as it is they move past India, so they'd have to turn around. Besides, it's about the implication of the UFOs stopping over India. It's something the player can SEE.

[Mattn]

maybe Destructavator can cut us a nice little intro already? very soft music and just a little soundeffects when the carrier is flying by.

might be cool to get this as roq directly - we can encode this via ffmpeg.

[Winter]

Really beautiful lighting on that latest, sitters, the moon in particular feels much more 3d than before.

One thing I noticed -- the carriers are supposed to be appearing on the dark side, in the shadow of the moon, but they appear brightly lit from the start. It doesn't look quite right. Are they appearing in the wrong place?

The way I was imagining it, the Carriers would appear in the darkness, barely visible, and then come around the moon, slowly coming into the light.

Regards,
Winter

PS. The Carriers seem to stop magically without ever slowing down. They should really be making turnover and burning in the direction opposite the one they're moving in, in order to bring their momentum down and come to a stop relative to Earth. The way it is right now we're sure to get lots of complaints from people who know physics.

[sitters]

I render an new one they stops now by india.

They are popping out on the dark side of the moon, but you must look where the sun is standing, and the camera.
From the earth its the dark side of the moon.
everything what i use now is real, its the sun of 19 April.

the link :

http://www.md2.sitters-electronics.nl/render/warp5_xvid.avi

for the time being i stop with rendering, I am already all day busy with it.


Willem