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Title: Planet Animation
Post by: nvseal on January 23, 2009, 07:52:23 PM
Here is the finished animation of the animation I mentioned in my last image upload. The quality is...not so good (colors are lost along with brightness, contrast and resolution). A lot of the detail was lost. If anyone wants to host the actual video just let me know  ;D. But here it is none the less. Post done in Autodesk Combustion.

http://vimeo.com/2937021 (http://vimeo.com/2937021)
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: Seth on January 23, 2009, 08:32:27 PM
bravo !
how long did it take to render ?
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: gregsandor on January 23, 2009, 08:41:01 PM
Looks good.

For hosting check out veoh.com -- I think you can upload up to 100mb files at good quality.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: cyphyr on January 23, 2009, 08:51:06 PM
Excelent :)
richard

ps you can also download your original version at the bottom right of the screen
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: nvseal on January 23, 2009, 09:24:34 PM
Thanks. Seth, it took about 145 hours to render. That veoh.com sounds great Greg, when I get to my computer I'll check it out.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: old_blaggard on January 23, 2009, 09:27:53 PM
Very nice :). We can also do this over at Ashundar/Terragen.org, like we did with your other animation.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: rcallicotte on January 23, 2009, 11:10:01 PM
Fantastic.  This reminds me of a movie I've been watching - "Serenity"
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: old_blaggard on January 24, 2009, 04:11:11 AM
Quote from: calico on January 23, 2009, 11:10:01 PM
Fantastic.  This reminds me of a movie I've been watching - "Serenity"
Great choice ;). Have you seen the TV show it's based off of? It's called Firefly, and it's completely worth your time. I would also recommend Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: it's by the same guy and it's a lot of fun.

...sorry to hijack your thread, by the way ;).
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: Tangled-Universe on January 24, 2009, 04:29:23 AM
Indeed, firefly is a great show, a pity there's only one season.

On topic: very nice animation Stephen. I like the (atmospheric) haze density and its lighting. Nice camerawork as well. I guess adding some more variation in your terrain and maybe some water here and there as well would bump the rendertimes way up too much isn't it?
Nevertheless, great work! Would love to see something like this in 720p or even 1080p...even it is only 1 sec. :p

Martin
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: dandelO on January 24, 2009, 10:20:06 AM
Very nice work. How did you achieve the lensflares from the sunshine? You didn't add them to every frame in post?
Looks great, anyway.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: nvseal on January 24, 2009, 12:34:05 PM
Adding more terrain variation probably wouldn't bump the render time up too much but water definitely would. What I would love to do is add some clouds in there too and maybe add some fake procedural grass. I'm going to look into adding more to this later. I'm going to try to get the actual animation up which -- while not being 720p -- is 1000 * 400px. The next animation I will probably shoot for HD resolution. dandelO, I added the lens flare using Autodesk Combustion in post. I simply keyframed the movement. It was actually quite easy and only took about 3 minutes or so.

Hey old_baggard, if you are willing to host the file then I can email it to you when I get back to my machine tomorrow.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: Mr_Lamppost on January 24, 2009, 07:18:07 PM
Very nice work  8)
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: old_blaggard on January 24, 2009, 08:09:25 PM
Yeah, go ahead and drop me an email :).
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: efflux on January 24, 2009, 08:54:52 PM
Cool. Next you want to zoom in from outer space then into a grain of sand.
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: dwilson on January 25, 2009, 11:27:19 PM
awesome
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: Hannes on January 26, 2009, 01:06:58 AM
Great!!
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: dandelO on January 26, 2009, 04:26:53 PM
Quote from: efflux on January 24, 2009, 08:54:52 PM
Cool. Next you want to zoom in from outer space then into a grain of sand.
Yes, that's a great idea, Efflux! Showing off TG's near infinite range to the fullest. Though, make it more extreme, from galaxy to molecule in one sweeping campath.
A challenge to be reckoned with!  :o
Title: Re: Planet Animation
Post by: old_blaggard on January 26, 2009, 06:41:56 PM
Here's the full version on terragen.org: http://terragen.org/nv/proceduralPlanettest4.mov

Enjoy!