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Title: witcher_3_trailer
Post by: TheBadger on August 16, 2013, 12:25:18 AM
http://www.cgsociety.org/index.php/CGSFeatures/CGSFeatureSpecial/witcher_3_trailer

Was in my inbox tonight. Looks pretty.
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Post by: reck on August 16, 2013, 05:58:04 PM
Enjoyed the previous one. Hope this is even better.
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Post by: reck on August 16, 2013, 06:04:11 PM
I wonder what they used to render that out, looks amazing.
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Post by: SteveR on August 17, 2013, 04:42:09 AM
that rendering...looks amazing! Almost real! In fact I thought it was at some points.
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Post by: masonspappy on August 17, 2013, 07:43:51 AM
If that had been an unremarkable scene that did not invite close scrutiny I would have assumed it's real.
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Post by: TheBadger on August 17, 2013, 08:11:52 PM
Yeah, those backgrounds are especially convincing! And I swear those horses (in most of the shots) would fool just about anyone.
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Post by: Dune on August 18, 2013, 03:44:26 AM
They fooled me for a while!
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Post by: mhaze on August 18, 2013, 05:33:36 AM
Actors will soon be out of a job!
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Post by: Bjur on August 19, 2013, 10:28:38 PM
I love the Witcher trailers, great work!

Quote from: mhaze on August 18, 2013, 05:33:36 AM
Actors will soon be out of a job!

Nah, I guess (and hope) not..

I believe the next step or evolution will include some research and development into technics
for a proper integration of RL footage/characters into CGI environments - because it turns out to be cheaper
(and looking better) production wise..  :D
Title: Re: witcher_3_trailer
Post by: TheBadger on August 20, 2013, 02:12:51 AM
What do you mean Bjur?
Are you talking about games specifically?.. Real video mixed with CG, I mean? Obviously movies do that already, but I would like to see that in games somehow. The 3DO did that back in the 90's (sort of) But it didn't catch on very well.

But anyway I agree with you about the actors (despite actors annoy me terribly). They will become more involved in games and CG, not less. Those guys and probably the horses too, were mocap... I bet.
Not to mention the voice talent.

My System has some nice voices for reading text to me (I like the british guy, he tells me what time it is every thirty minutes) But just from that I can tell we will always need actors...Sadly.
It would be nice if we did not need them. Just because then you could really do everything your self. But this is always going to be a team sport.