Fairy animation

Mohawk20 · August 27, 2009, 02:41:59 PM

I was trying out a little idea I had, based on some 3DMark scenes.
So I rendered 2 small 30 frame animations, of coloured lights moving across the screen like fairies.
They are not small enough to post here, but I was able to attach them to a post on Ashundar/Terragen.org.
http://www.terragen.org/index.php?topic=4737.msg37853#msg37853
The difference between the animations is 'visible object' of the light sources enabled or disabled.

Let me know what you think...

rcallicotte · August 28, 2009, 02:00:07 PM

I couldn't find the animations. Would you (or can you?) give us a direct link?

Seth · August 28, 2009, 02:29:25 PM

it is a bit short for me to give you some feedbacks...

Mohawk20 · August 28, 2009, 02:41:41 PM

Quote from: calico on August 28, 2009, 02:00:07 PM
I couldn't find the animations. Would you (or can you?) give us a direct link?

Sure, I fixed some things on my site so I can put stuff on my server again and view it in a directory online.
Fairy Anim 0.1.avi
Fairy Anim 0.2.avi

Quote from: Seth on August 28, 2009, 02:29:25 PM
it is a bit short for me to give you some feedbacks...

Well, the feedback I need right now is, after replaying it a few times, what would you prefer, visible objects enabled or disabled?

Hannes · August 28, 2009, 02:52:47 PM

Looks beautiful! I'd say enabled.

Seth · August 28, 2009, 03:07:02 PM

enabled.

inkydigit · August 28, 2009, 03:20:55 PM

cool, enabled for sure, and some going across the water!!!

Tangled-Universe · August 28, 2009, 03:49:31 PM

Enabled. And if you have little doubts yourself, you could still keep them enabled and reduce their sizes a bit. But for now, I definitely prefer the one with objects enabled.

Cheers,
Martin

Seth · August 28, 2009, 03:54:52 PM

i agree with Martin and will try to reduce their size (of the object only, the light is very good)

Mohawk20 · August 28, 2009, 04:29:07 PM

Quote from: inkydigit on August 28, 2009, 03:20:55 PM
cool, enabled for sure, and some going across the water!!!

I was thinking of that too. The yellow one already heads towards the water!

When I reduce the object size, it shouldn't be less than half it's current size, right?

Naoo · August 28, 2009, 05:51:31 PM

Hi

Sweet and realy beautiful!

Now You need some Wind for the grass,
but I don't know how this could be possible.

ciao
Naoo

Tangled-Universe · August 28, 2009, 06:15:19 PM

Quote from: Mohawk20 on August 28, 2009, 04:29:07 PM
Quote from: inkydigit on August 28, 2009, 03:20:55 PM
cool, enabled for sure, and some going across the water!!!
I was thinking of that too. The yellow one already heads towards the water!

When I reduce the object size, it shouldn't be less than half it's current size, right?

Yes indeed, exactly what I had in mind for the size!

ndeewolfwood · August 28, 2009, 06:56:26 PM

agree with Naoo for the wind....
this is the number one problem with terragen vegetation.
it's impossible to get a nice animation with closeup and long grass.
the world is not static...

Mohawk20 · August 29, 2009, 03:16:47 AM

Yes, well, it could be a very calm night.
Wat bothers me more is that the water is static in the anims. In the past, TG2 had an option to have a different seed for the water in every frame, so the water was moving per default.
Now I have to find out how I can make the water move just a little, but still be realistic.

Seth · August 29, 2009, 03:25:42 AM

did you try to "warp" it ?