Road Trip WIP

gregsandor · August 20, 2010, 04:12:49 AM

I've been hooking up all those electrical utilities to lights. Here's a first test.

I am going to animate it, but I need more render power: as it is I'm spending as much time optimizing to avoid out-of-memory crashes as I am developing.

Oshyan · August 20, 2010, 04:24:29 AM

I'll help you render it when the time comes...

- Oshyan

gregsandor · August 20, 2010, 04:40:00 AM

Thanks!

MacGyver · August 25, 2010, 03:25:41 AM

Quote from: Oshyan on August 20, 2010, 03:20:20 AM
This continues to surprise and fascinate me. Though you didn't win 1st prize in the contest, I hope you'll still consider animating this.

- Oshyan

I didn't catch who won!

Since I only look under the threads in this subsection of the forum, I haven't got a clue what the prizes were and who won. Anyone can help me out?

domdib · August 25, 2010, 03:59:37 AM

Look here: http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg108792#msg108792

MacGyver · August 25, 2010, 07:51:40 AM

Quote from: domdib on August 25, 2010, 03:59:37 AM
Look here: http://forums.planetside.co.uk/index.php?topic=9702.msg108792#msg108792

Thanks a lot!

gregsandor · February 16, 2011, 05:24:13 PM

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Hetzen · February 16, 2011, 07:11:31 PM

Really like this Greg. Reminds me of an old VHS tape I had a long time ago...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKrQLBpd68s

RArcher · February 16, 2011, 07:30:09 PM

Tremendous work Greg. Definitely slow it down to around 1/4 speed so we can get a better look at all the amazing details you've got going on here.

Oshyan · February 16, 2011, 10:23:19 PM

Very cool. Colors seem a bit light/saturated for the lighting, but the detail is great. Will we get to see it in 720P?

- Oshyan

gregsandor · February 16, 2011, 10:47:34 PM

I rendered it at 720 x 306, but youtube shrank it. How do I get the Youtube version to keep the native resolution?

Oshyan · February 16, 2011, 11:47:07 PM

I don't know, I think Youtube only supports certain specific resolutions and downsamples (or adds black bars) to equal those resolutions. So they're the standard ones I think, just aim for those. This is what YouTube has to say on the subject, although it's not that specific: http://www.google.com/support/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=132460
Here is a list of resolutions supported:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube#Video_technology
And here is some advice for getting best results:
http://www.squidoo.com/youtuberight

- Oshyan

gregsandor · February 16, 2011, 11:54:17 PM

Thanks, Oshyan. I'll see if I can get the youtube version to be of higher quality.

Meanwhile, I've uploaded to Vimeo and it looks a bit better: http://vimeo.com/20048236

gregsandor · February 17, 2011, 02:06:40 AM

Quote from: RArcher on February 16, 2011, 07:30:09 PM
Tremendous work Greg. Definitely slow it down to around 1/4 speed so we can get a better look at all the amazing details you've got going on here.

I checked my math and found that the camera is moving at about 136.64 m/s = 305 mph! I modified it to run about 60 mph (the speed limit there according to the signs) and am re-rendering part of it now.

inkydigit · February 17, 2011, 05:58:56 AM

it seemed a bit fast!
still greatt job!
look forward to the next one!