Originally posted by: adywan
Well i'm down to the final 2 shots now. But these 2 are going to take the longest. The first is the severed arm in the cantina and the second is the TIE approach at the battle of Yavin. The first is taking longer than i hoped because of having to build the proper hoofed hand from scratch and then match all the lighting to fit the original is a bit of a nightmare. The last one is in the process of rendering. To give you an idea of just how much work and time this shot requires then Will, the 3D guy, is rendering the TIES which will be composited on top of the background i have created. He is using the maxwell renderer and it looks great. But here's why this shot is taking so long.... It takes about 1 month to render the TIEs. One frame alone took 16 hours to render and its about 2/3 done so far, but it will be worth it once you see it on the screen. I can't thank Will enough for the time and effort he has put into this shot, and the death star meshes too.
Now that the video work is almost done, and all that is left to do at the moment is tweak the 5. mix a little in places, then i am about to start the painting that will be used for the official dvd cover.hopefully this will only take a couple of weeks
Well i'm down to the final 2 shots now. But these 2 are going to take the longest. The first is the severed arm in the cantina and the second is the TIE approach at the battle of Yavin. The first is taking longer than i hoped because of having to build the proper hoofed hand from scratch and then match all the lighting to fit the original is a bit of a nightmare. The last one is in the process of rendering. To give you an idea of just how much work and time this shot requires then Will, the 3D guy, is rendering the TIES which will be composited on top of the background i have created. He is using the maxwell renderer and it looks great. But here's why this shot is taking so long.... It takes about 1 month to render the TIEs. One frame alone took 16 hours to render and its about 2/3 done so far, but it will be worth it once you see it on the screen. I can't thank Will enough for the time and effort he has put into this shot, and the death star meshes too.
Now that the video work is almost done, and all that is left to do at the moment is tweak the 5. mix a little in places, then i am about to start the painting that will be used for the official dvd cover.hopefully this will only take a couple of weeks
WOW. That's insane! He is using Maxwell renderer? He should use vray or mental ray, both are way faster than maxwell and look just as good. Anyway, it's great to see all this coming together! Can't wait! Keep up the awesome work ady!