Quick update 3

Tarkin holographic message shot done! Main post updated with information on how to obtain the shot!

Didn’t had time to cut more of Dooku’s saber today.

Huge Death Star explosion update:
First i tried to do some animations and tests on AfterFX, but none of them looked good enough. Then it became very clear to me, this can’t be done on AfterFX, its just too hard and unpractical.
So what to do?
Well… here comes the tricky part… i have acces to blender, so i tried to download some Death Star models. All the models where in 3ds format, so all i had to do was import them!
Sounds pretty simple, right? WRONG, for some reason when i tried to import the models, ALL the textures either disappeared or became all screwed up.
So whats the sollution?
I’ll have to create my Death Star model, its not THAT hard, there are a lot of tutorials, the problem is that this takes a LOT of time, without even adding the time that will take to make the explosion animation!
So i’ll continue to work on this, but just keep in mind that this will take a LONG time, i hope thats not a problem.
Last but not the least, i didn’t wanted all my time on AfterFX to go to waste, so i took what i already had, corrected a fell things and made pretty rough idea of a different explosion:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rjejtvq7XM
If there is enough interest, i’ll make a better looking version of this, if not then no! So please, let me know what you think!

I dont know if i should post this here, but… xxtelecine7xx contacted me on a project his working on and i’m pretty interested, just letting him know i’m starting to do my own tests regarding his project 😄

Didn’t had any time to work on Frink’s idea today.