Just installed - Test render

Artwork Blender Tests
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Okay, it may not look like much yet, but I’m considering using Blender for future fan film projects. Currently our artist team uses MAX exclusively, which has some obvious limitations, so I deciced to pull a little Star Trek-ish opening shot on Blender:

USS Voyager Opening Flyby [20sec Windows Media, 1024x576, 2,33MB]

Credits:
Intrepid Class (USS Voyager) by Sarod (http://www.pp.htv.fi/khamalai/)
Music by Justin R. Durban - Edgen Productions
Rendered with Blender 2.45 (Internal)
Post-processing with FXHome Vision Lab Studio

Still a few comments of my own:

  • I’m aware of the field artifacts. I set Blender to field rendering, but when I wanted to re-render in a correct fashion, it crashed. I’ll set up a new animation and render a 720p clip later today.

  • The camera is leading the ship by a few degrees. That was somewhat intentional, but some movements may be too fast right now.

  • I’ve made a few slight modifications to the original Voyager, most notably adding an Armature for the warp nacelles (more on that later) and blinking nav/strobe lights. And the name decal is now properly illuminated!

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I don’t have much to say:

Cool.

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Pretty cool! just one crit. I like the lighting, but it’s not realistic. In space there tends to be very hard lighting (bright highlights with a sharp transition to completely black shadows).

Correct me if I’m wrong (which I may be) .:wink:

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I,m thinking you’re right seeing as there arent near as many objects to reflect light as there are on a planet so yes that assumption is correct, or at least i think so anyway.

As for the animation, it was nice except for the lighting and hmm, fast moving ship please :slight_smile: And I didnt really like the fact that the camera was in front of the ship so much. Still nice job for a first timer.