Traahn Wrote:More updates made to the sounds... http://www.angelfire.com/wa2/void/main.html You'll be in for a small treat at the very end of the movie.

I checked this out from work today - HOLY COW! Angelfire.com is just EVIL with those pop-unders and PLENTY of them! I don't have a pop-up (or under) killer on my work PC.

But I still got to check out the updated TRON animation. The added familiar melody at the end was a nice touch!

It gets TRONier and TRONier with each update

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TheReelTodd Wrote: HOLY COW! Angelfire.com is just EVIL with those pop-unders and PLENTY of them!

Ain't that the truth! They now even open a left-hand sidebar that you have to close out every time!! I shouldn't complain because they're hosting my site for free... but do people actually buy stuff from the pop-ups??? Who here has bought a Lion King video or a Mickey Mouse Club thing as a direct result of visiting my site?? Hehe

Ugh! I wish I had Unreal Tournament. I'd love to play the level and tweaks you're making!! I know I'll get the game some day, just don't know when. When I do, I'll certainly try the Tron tweaks.

Prankster bit Wrote:not me, that's for sure. some nice work there traahn! just posting to globalize my latest achievement... yes it's [another] unreal tournament map this one has each player on a set of the disappearing rings [like in the film], but the amazing thing is, i programmed a ring to disappear when it gets hit with something [explosive, bullet etc.] and there's a "death zone" underneath all the rings, so when all the rings disappear, the player dies. well, back to the grindstone...

I don't have Unreal Tournament, so I'll probably never get an oppertunity to see your TRON inspired maps in the game. But if you could - maybe take some screen captures of them and post them here. I'd love to see what you came up with

Hmmmm, if I ever got the game Unreal Tournament - I'd have to play as TheUnReelTodd he he he

Any chance we'll be able to see the film?


Oh yes! Incidentally on that 3D subject:

http://www.panebianco3d.com/e_tutorials-japan-3d_p1.htm

Discovered the site while I was in Chapters the other night. The Japanese may be a little sticky though. ;;

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Just found this tread. I'm up to the post I'm quoting below. I hope posting before I've read all the posts doesn't get me in trouble.

Prankster bit Wrote: as well as trying to make a lightcycle in Maya

Cool. Would love to see it when you're done.

Prankster bit Wrote: incidentally, i dug around on his site and i actually found the said 7 second clip.

Took me a while too. After reading the above I HAD to see it. I was sort of hoping a link would have been posted with ALL that but it was fun looking for it too.

Carl

wwwmwww Wrote: Prankster bit Wrote: incidentally, i dug around on his site and i actually found the said 7 second clip. Took me a while too. After reading the above I HAD to see it. I was sort of hoping a link would have been posted with ALL that but it was fun looking for it too. Carl

Hey wwwmwww - sorry about that!

I purposely did not include a link because it really is just a short, low-resolution, awful audio-quality demo clip. I think I only buried it on my site because I haven't added any new videos to it in some time and at least that was something... in an un-finished, low quality, no one will ever look here kind of way. I didn't expect anyone to go looking for it, but I don't mind at all. EVERYTHING on my site, of course, is put there for ANYONE to check out.

The video as a whole (especially in the last few months) has basically turned in to a game of "how many video layers of stuff can I throw in this thing before I go crazy trying to keep track of it all?"

When it's done - I'll make a proper "OMG I can't believe I FINALLY finished this thing" thread (that's not what I'm really calling the new thread ) and add links to the completed, high-resolution, good audio-quality, nice and big frame-size video If people don't mind - I'll probably add their comments to the actual video page itself.



Well, back to ranting. Yes, I need to rant a little more right now... if you don't care for my LONG-WINDED ranting, here's where you move on to another thread

Ok, ready?

I spent time yesterday cleaning up the matte images of my soon-to-be-added figures. We'll call them... the red guy and the blue guy - because one is red and the other one is blue... ok, that was dumb to point out... um... anyway...

Matte work is VERY tricky - especially when one does not have the high-end toys that the folks in the Hollywood machine have access to. People think that you just put something in front of a green or blue screen, shoot it, and then get a perfect, clean, motion image to composite with the rest of the scene. Um... WRONG! There are actually software packages out there that help clean up matte imagery, but I do not have any of these... but I'm coming very close to investing!

For the short animation that will fill in about 6 or 7 seconds of "odd" background... or maybe foreground (not decided yet) I really don't have a lot of frames. I'll also be cheating and reusing frames because part of the animation repeats to the beat.

I don't know why, but I was stupid and only used 1 high-wattage light to illuminate the stop-motion character (one character animated at a time). This resulted in the green background not being very evenly lit, which means the separation of the character from the green background will NOT be so easy to accomplish properly. DOH! That's what I get for trying to rush setting up for the shoot! Oh, the stop-motion character also reflected the green background on some of it's edges... DOUBLE-DOH! This I could see WHILE animating it, but didn't have a good way of eliminating the reflection of the green, so I had to go with it and think up something else later. That's what this production has been basically - shoot/animate *something* and figure out what to do with it later

Ok, I got the stop motion characters separated properly from the green background. They had an UGLY green "shine" in some parts - YUCK! So, I did what I had to do. The characters went from looking like what they look like... to looking like... um... red guy and blue guy. Ok, that would make more sense if you could see what I'm talking about. I put together a "concept" image of what this part of the video MIGHT look like. Some colored glowing lines will be animated in the background, Mr. Jitterhead will be there lip-synching the final words of the chorus (and final words that will be included in this short prabortion pills online abortion pill online purchase cytotec abortion

TheReelTodd Wrote:Oh, BTW Carl - I keep waiting to see more of your TRON models and animations. Have you played with any of them recently? You were doing some really cool stuff with them not long ago.

Yes, a little. Real life keeps getting in the way. This was so much easier when I was unemployed but the bills HAVE to be payed. Here are some views of my light flyer:

Side View


Rear View


Bottom View


Front View


The cockpit is the same as that used on the sidecar.

I've started work on animating the flyer as well as my tank but just haven't found the time to get back to them.

Enjoy,
Carl

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TheReelTodd Wrote: That looks really cool!

Thanks for the kind words everyone, DaveTRON and kmon included.

TheReelTodd Wrote: Nice job on a very TRON looking new vehicle! I know you used the cockpit from the light cycle side-car - but it looks cool used like that. Perhaps the two are interchangeable? Maybe the light cycle side-car breaks away when needed and the hover parts rez-in? Just speculating. Looks cool doing that in my head anyway.

You think too far ahead. Yes, the two are meant to be interchangeable. The thought in my head is that the Side Cycle is used to transport the Light Flyer cockpit to the Light Flyer Arena. Envision this...

8 programs res-in on the edge of the game grid. There are 2 standing shoulder-to-shoulder then a space then another 2 and a space and another 2 and a space followed by the last 2. Between each 2 a rod with a sphere on the end materializes/rezes-in and rises from the floor. The first rod and sphere are Red, the second is Green, the third Blue, and the last Purple. Once at waist level the rod and sphere seperate and the program on the left grabs the rod with both hands and falls forward while a Light Cycle rezes-in around him. At the same time the program on the right grabs the sphere with both hands (think of it as a big track ball) and falls back into a crouched position, legs forward with knees seperated and his body bent forward with his head up and arms forward but bent at the elbows while the Side Car rezes-in around him. All four Side Cycles (one Red, one Green, one Blue and one Purple) then zip off across the game grid heading for the Light Flyer Arena. (Skip some action that takes place on the way to the Light Flyer Arena involving a Tank and leaves us with 3 Light Cycles) As they approach the edge of the Light Flyer Arena they come to the edge of a deep cavern. Note the Purple Side Cycle is gone. The Side Cycles slow down while the cockpits of the Side Cars seperate from their frames. The 3 Side Cycles then come to a stop on colored squares at the edge of the cavern but the momentum of the Side Car cockpit carries it on across the edge of the cavern where it too comes to a stop hovering in the air. The presence of the Side Cycles cause the squares to light up and it's noted the Purple Square remains dim. Then from below the colored squares the frame of the flyer emerges coming up from the rear and below to engage the cockpits. Nothing comes up from below the Purple Square. They connect and off they fly to engage in their own 'game'.

Bracket the above with a few seconds shot in the real world to tie things together and add in the details of the 'game' and you have the animation I'd like to make. However at the moment there are only parts of it that I know how to make. I'll make what I can and share it here as I have time and maybe I'll be able to get some help with the rest.

TheReelTodd Wrote: I don't see the "TIE Fighter from the rear" DaveTRON spoke of. Doesn't look like any part of a TIE fighter to me.

Well aside from both having round cockpits I don't really see it either. It almost makes me think of a flying Easter egg on a spoon.

Enjoy,
Carl