OK, I've more-or-less done the DVD menu, except for the title (which is currently 'TITLE'), and I might tweak it a bit if I feel like it, or if anyone has any suggestions. I've tested it out, and all three buttons work.


The buttons are white in their 'normal' mode, and red when they're being hovered over. I added some gaussian blur to the Recognizers and tanks, to emphasise the Cycle a bit more. You might notice the sudden appearance of a game grid on the floor, too



Right - for the commentary, would it be a good idea to have the three of us do a voice chat (and here's the clever part), so we hear each other in low quality, but we record our own voice (at the same time) in high quality, and then once the voice chat is finished, we assemble all the three clips together, so it's the same as the voice chat, but this time in high quality? Of course, for that to work, we'd all have to be watching the movie, at the same time, synchronised (like a private, low quality version on YouTube). Just a suggestion.

And in other news, this is my 888th post.

zook_one Wrote:You guys might want to buy and read this book: Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max by: Darren Brooker. I realize you guys may not be using 3ds but the info really is applicable to all CG work. Lights across the different platforms more or less behave the same ways. It has lots of tips and tutorials on creating great lighting and tips to meetings production schedules while still providing excellent light and shadow solutions. Using the right lights types and the right shadow settings can save you guy an enormous amount for rendering time.

Heya zook, thanks for the tip!

Actually, I've been involved in a lot of film-making stuff over the past couple years, and have learned a lot about lighting, etc... This current scene I'm working on, (which is STILL rendering, btw... frame 135/160, going on 2 days now) only has 2 lights in it, which is actually less than most would have... My render times aren't great due to 2 reasons:

1) For this particular shot, I wanted top quality, as it involves some close-ups... So I turned on all the anti-aliasing, raytracing, radiosity, motion blur, etc.... So my comp is doing a LOT of calculating for each frame..

2) My comp is an Athlon 64, but I'm still running WinXP... No native 64bit support, and Blender doesn't make use of the 64bit systems either.... So I might as well be on a low-end P4 as far as Blender is concerned... Good thing I've got lots of RAM and a huge HD.... lol

Sinistar: I'll get you those files as soon as my comp finishes... whenever that ends up being... LOL... Currently I'm stuck checking my messages & whatnot from my wife's comp, or while I'm at work tonight.... HOPEFULLY it wont take too much longer... lol

NoExcuses: That menu looks awesome! Nice job!
As for the commentary, I'm not sure how easy it would be to get us all on a voice chat that we could record.... Might almost be better, since it's a short video, to do different commentaries from our different points of view.... Aka: Mine could be the modeling standpoint, Sinistar's could be the animator's, etc.... But whatever you guys decide, I'm up for it!order abortion pill abortion pill buy online where to buy abortion pill

Mr. Sinistar Wrote: Chikan Wrote:As for the commentary, I'm not sure how easy it would be to get us all on a voice chat that we could record.... Might almost be better, since it's a short video, to do different commentaries from our different points of view.... Aka: Mine could be the modeling standpoint, Sinistar's could be the animator's, etc.... But whatever you guys decide, I'm up for it! I agree with you Chikan. We should each have our own commentary; it's a lot more simpler that way, uh, I think. We'll, see how it goes.

Well, in that case, say hello to the commentary menu!


It's accessible by clicking 'Commentary' on the main menu (duh!). Red is unselected, cyan is selected. I need a photo of each of you to go in your respective boxes - (Modeller - Chikan, Animator - Sinistar, Editor - me. I know Sinistar is doing some modelling aswell, but it's easier if I only have to put one word under each box - right? )

I've added the my picture and Sinistar's picture, now I'm just waiting for Chikan's.


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Chikan Wrote:When I realized that video I was rendering wasn't gonna be done for another week, I gave up and cancelled it. Turned the Raytracing off, rendered again, and presto... It was done in 30 minutes.... Freakin Raytracing.... LOL

Robots in Disguise!
Great video! It would have been cool with raytracing, but a week is pushing it a little...

More than meets the eyes!
Nothin' beats the Transformers. 'Cept Tron, of course

Chikan Wrote:EDIT: Erf... Looks like the best pic I have at the moment, is the one I send to the "Who's Your User" gallery... So I guess we'll just have to use that...

I'm sure that'll work fine. I'll put it in place tomorrow.

I'm confused... the shots I have go 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. What happened to shots 4, 6 and 7?

Anyway, shot 8 is really cool!

And for your viewing pleasure:


I've put Chikan in place now. Also, you can see the highlight colour of the Menu button, when it's selected.

NoExcuses Wrote:I'm confused... the shots I have go 1, 2, 3, 5, 8. What happened to shots 4, 6 and 7?

I haven't finished the sound effects on some of the shots, and I have to reanimate shot 4 because I forgot to animate the "spokes" on the lightcycle.

Before I forget, I have to mention that the previous shots that I have posted are NOT named right. I made a mistake and accidently named them wrong. Don't worry; pretty soon, I'll post the correct names for shots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 8. I numbered them by when I made them and not by appearence in the film, which I should have done.

NoExcuses Wrote: Anyway, shot 8 is really cool!

Thanks a lot!

NoExcuses Wrote:And for your viewing pleasure: I've put Chikan in place now. Also, you can see the highlight colour of the Menu button, when it's selected.

Great work, NoExcuses! This DVD is going to turn out great!

Chikan Wrote:Awesome man! Lookin good! LOL Curious though... Is there one L or 2 in Modeler? I'm not entirely sure! LOL Oh, and in regards to the Transformers thing, I'm making a fanmade teaser trailer for the upcoming movie.... And I FINALLY finished the CGI work tonight! So now all I have left is adding text screens, music, and sound fx..... I'll let you guys know when it's done, so you can have first peek...

Actually both spellings of modeler are correct, according to Merriam-Webster.

Can't wait to see the final product, Chikan!

Cool!

I love the DVD selection screens you guys are coming up with!

Maybe just use the term vector construction and implementation artist - it's less confusing to spell.

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Wow.. it is just incredible how well this project is comming together.

it seems like your just lacking in music. might see if i can dust off my old fruity loops and see what i can work on.

boy and im going to have fun setting my uber PC on 'suicide' to do a super ultra mega high def tron movie

this is just amazing, i cant wait.

BTW, you guys want webspace?
i can make a subdomain out of my domain and whack on a .TK domain and call it:

TronFans.tk ?

how bout it?
i want to contribute as much as possible!

(also, with the 3 way chat, why not do it on MSN or google for a conference program? (netmeeting?))

just Orsum!

NoExcuses Wrote: CyberBlade Wrotealso, with the 3 way chat, why not do it on MSN or google for a conference program? (netmeeting?)) MSN only allows voice chat between two people, and NetMeeting doesn't work on XP (I don't think) because it was replaced by MSN messenger. Plus, we've already decided to have multiple commentaries - I've already made the DVD commentary menu!

hmm, im not a fan of going through the movie 3 times.
but if thats what the makers want then thats cool.

i rather 3 on 1 track then 3 seperates.
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