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General => Terragen Animation => Topic started by: otakar on May 07, 2010, 05:53:41 PM

Title: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: otakar on May 07, 2010, 05:53:41 PM
Although I have no idea whether I can make the deadline (lots going on in the next few weeks) I could not resist starting on something. Not much to look at now and thinking of the texturing work ahead my head is starting to spin, but this IS a fun project.

Yeah I know there are to be 6 key frames in the submission, but 4 are enough for me for now as a start :)
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: MGebhart on May 07, 2010, 10:59:54 PM
Nice terrain variations.
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: neuspadrin on May 07, 2010, 11:40:00 PM
Quote from: MGebhart on May 07, 2010, 10:59:54 PM
Nice terrain variations.

Agreed, it almost looks like 4 different scenes.  Looks like a good start.
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: Henry Blewer on May 08, 2010, 08:32:12 AM
Remember, the animation will only be about 30 seconds at most (or less). That's only 900 images. If there is a lot of camera motion, it will be too fast. I would keep the camera motion quite minimal.
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: Tangled-Universe on May 08, 2010, 10:05:33 AM
The animation length will be up to 1 minute at most.
(see http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg101616#msg101616 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg101616#msg101616))
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: Zairyn Arsyn on May 08, 2010, 11:47:06 AM
that was just the information i was looking for
Quote from: Tangled-Universe on May 08, 2010, 10:05:33 AM
The animation length will be up to 1 minute at most.
(see http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg101616#msg101616 (http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg101616#msg101616))
good start,
the terrains look interesting.. are they procedurals or heightfields?
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: otakar on May 08, 2010, 01:47:05 PM
Quote from: zaai999 on May 08, 2010, 11:47:06 AM
good start,
the terrains look interesting.. are they procedurals or heightfields?

Thanks. A combination of both. I think I'd prefer camera movement that's not too slow, but I realize none of that is up to me. None of the key frames may actually be used in the animation anyway, if an animation is ever made...
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: FrankB on May 08, 2010, 03:00:14 PM
Hi, the goal is indeed to use these key frames as way points of course. Just make sure you can a. create an animation path if you already have TG2 with animation, or b. keep the tgds of these key frames so that we can read the resepctive camera coordinates.

Regards,
Frank
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: otakar on May 12, 2010, 07:17:28 PM
Frank,

I am just setting up six different cameras in the TGD and naming them accordingly. Hope that'll do.

I got a question though, does the scene have to hold up when you zoom into the landscape? For performance reasons I was going to decisively limit the level of detail, but that also means that you do not want to lower the camera a whole lot or the results will be clearly sub-par...

Here's key frame 1 a bit further along.
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: FrankB on May 12, 2010, 07:27:31 PM
don't hesitate to make the six waypoint renders high quality. We'll optimize the render quality for the animation anyway if required.

Regards,
Frank
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: rcallicotte on May 17, 2010, 02:49:10 PM
Nice progress.  It's looking good.  Keep the lighting and the textures looking good while moving at FPS.
Title: Re: Rocky Mountain WIP
Post by: otakar on June 08, 2010, 07:27:14 PM
I don't think I can make a lot of progress before the deadline. The World Cup is just too close and then it's three games a day to watch plus news around the tournament, so it'll be a crazy month. I still remember the little sleep  got 4 years ago when all the games were broadcast in the U.S. live for the first time. Oh well, not unexpected, I hope you guys won't be as distracted as me :) Some great looking projects here...