AWESOME

Nothing screams dodgy student film like a lens flare.
Ha!..... We've got two.

render update

34 second render.
screw indirect lighting. I'm happy with really quick render times.

Almost finished lighting one sequence. Only 4 more to go.

Render sneak peak

Here's a peak at some render tests I've been doing today.
I'm trying to get at least one sequence done in next couple days.

27 sec render with Mental Ray. Simple lighting setups.


The same render with Final Gather takes 2 min 43 sec.

For what you get for the extra time rendering I'm more than happy to go with the 27 second render which will save us some valuable render time over next couple of weeks and save us some headaches too.

P.S. - It's 2:30am and I'm still at uni. Screw this I'm goin home now.

Almost finished animation

Week 11
Here's our animation done for now.
There are still a few minor things to fix but for now we can say animation is finished.
We can come back and fix up things later but we have to move on and prep everything for rendering.

So the schedule for completion by week 15 looks like this:
Week 12 - All textures and shaders finished.
Week 13 - All lighting and render setups finished.
Week 14 - Render all shots. Collect audio for final soundtrack. Compile final edit on weekend.
Week 15 - Final cut of film due for panel review. Final mastered tape due for screening.

We might be pushing for time but for now this is how things are looking.
Hopefully not too many dramas til then.

Workreel update

Small update.
A couple more shots now animated.
Tried a simpler version of transition from city street to castle.
Adjusted a few minor details in some animation.
Now just waiting for last shots to be animated so can finish texturing and begin lighting set-ups.
And desperately need a cut of whole film animated so can get sound.

So I animated a shot today, and textured KM's sword. Meaning textures for KM are done except for final colour overlays.

Animation WIP / Workeel

Here's a WIP of our short film.
Some shots are animated, some not.
Some have textures, others don't.
Lots of work to do yet.
Some shots have to change.
Audio hasn't been done yet.
FX stuff hasn't been done yet.