Hi guys,
An ex-tennisman named Yannick Noah just start a brand of "green" cosmetics names "Ecoute ta Nature".
Of course, I am not here to make an advertisement about that :p
But, as they wanted something "different" for the website presentation, I did an animation for the background.
The quality of the overall animation is not as I would like it to be (low budget => low quality to optimize the quality for the rende farm), but it worth a look I think ^^
Ecoute ta Nature (http://www.naturebynoah.com/#//gamme?lang=fr&)
To see the animation, just click to the categories at the bottom of the wensite as shown in the picture :)
It seems my internet connection does not like this site. But then good transfer speed here (Binghamton NY) is about 300 K/sec.
What I did see was very good!
I didn't like the web design...maybe if i know French it would be better. But waiting for the first page then for the second page so long?
Anyway this has nothing to do with your work Seth . I like the background animations.
How big did you render them , Seth?
It's fun, but man, that takes me back to the times of dial up, with that kind of speed. What is it preloading? All those movies? They should at the very least offer up two versions of the site, one with all the multimedia and one that's lightweight.
I thought Yannick was a musician now. I did like watching him play tennis back in the day...
Wow, horribly optimized site, but nifty videos. Wish we could see them without the excessive compression and crappy UI. ;)
Congrats on the job!
- Oshyan
thanks !
i don't care about the web design or the products sold in it.
i am not part of it ^^
We have seen enough of your work to know its fantastic quality. I am glad that the site used your work. Next year when Google moves its new hub here, this internet speed thing will not be an issue.
I kind of liked the site. HTTP 5 could have them rebuilding it soon.
great moods and lighting...the plants look great...well done on this, look forward to a hi res version!
Yes, nice animation - congrats on getting the work. But where is the HUGE sign saying "This animation made with TERRAGEN 2 - the most Miraculous, Spectacular, Fantastic, Amazing, Incredible, Stupendous, Awesome (etc. etc.) 3D program ever invented!"? ;)
great to finally see your animation, Franck. Is there a way you could post the full video in high quality somewhere?
Cheers,
Frank
Thanks guys. :) i am at work right now but i'll try to post the original version somewhere tonight Frank ^^ as i told you some times ago, i had to do this animation the way the client wanted it... so that means i would not have done this animation like that if i had the right to do it my way. but it was fun anyway ^^
grmbl !!!
Vimeo has 500 MB limit !!!
damn, i am going to upload the stock version of the animation on youtube to start... pfff...
if anybody has another idea...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XkKYLBCDOM
I hate YouTube, can't watch it in 720p... but i don't know where to post it...
A bit compressed but better quality : http://vimeo.com/10962978
Better viewing. Thanks, I have an idea now for a project!
That looks quite nice! I hope we'll be able to see it in even higher quality and high def. What video codec are you using? h.264 should be able to give you excellent quality at less than 500MB in HD, and Vimeo should accept it in e.g. MP4.
Also, how did you create the camera path?
- Oshyan
i don't have h.264 in the compression option of virtualdub... and i will try another solution as soon as i find one to upload it better quality.
the camera path (i don't like the way it is but well i didn't have much choice about it) was created in TG2. :)
This might work: http://www.free-codecs.com/download/x264_video_codec.htm You can also do encoding through FFDshow if you have it, it has h.264/MPEG4. Also you could install K-Lite Codec Pack Full: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/KLite-Codec-Pack-Full/1094057842/3
- Oshyan
i installed K-lite yesterday, but i'll try your links tonight after job :) thanks
I downloaded your video. It plays back very nicely from a harddrive. I would like to tell you this is really a fantastic animation. 8) You have done a great job. The only thing which would make it better are many more frames to slow it down. I stepped through it also in Blender; nice work with the lighting!
What a beautiful animation, I only wish the plants would slightly wave in the breeze :) How long did it take to render?
One advise:
Be careful with K-Lite, though. There are many K-Lite packages out there and some contain adware / malware. Also the package distributes codecs for free that aren't free at all (I know that it's stated otherwise in the readme file).
As far as I know newer versions of K-lite no longer distribute non-free codecs. As long as you get it from a reputable source, e.g. Fileforum.com, there should be no problems.
- Oshyan
Really? Good to know :). I stopped using the K-Lite pack last year when I came across some codecs that were originally meant to be purchased. It's good that this has been fixed now :)
As far as I know it has, but let me know if that's not the case!
Any luck with recompression Seth?
- Oshyan