Final Movie + Triggers.

Triggers for exe file:

1=First group

2=Second group

3=Third group....and so on for 4-9.

Thanks Amie!

Problems,Thoughts + Screenshots.

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Had a play around with lighting and increased glossiness on the objects so when you're close to them you can see the clouds from the background reflecting off them.

For some reason, one of the inner groups doesn't rotate around the axis properly and forms a cross-shape, shown in the the screenshot. I've tried deleting the animation for it and redoing it again but it still doesn't want to expand properly. However in saying that, I think it creates a focal point, so I'll keep it as it is. It also sort of resolves the problem of the off-centred circle at the back which I tried to fix by swapping the translucent teal colour on the back object with the wooden texture on the front. However this threw off the balance of the scene so I stuck with my original placement of textures.

I realised that simply walking through the space with the rotating objects wouldn't look that effective and also wouldn't take up 1min. I also didn't want the movie to become repetitive so I started looking around in esperient creator to find more interesting views of the model. I thought that looking through the tunnel from the back was quite interesting as well as close up shots of the sides because you can see the light reflecting off the glossy objects.

Now to make the movie...

Problem with Deep Exploration Renders.

I tried importing my sketchup model into Deep Exploration again to see if the HDR renders would work. Also tried researching on the net to see if other people were having the same problems but couldn't find a resolution. So I tried rednering them again and unfortunately it was still stuck on 0% for ages and didn't seem to be going anywhere after 20 mins. This is really really frustrating! I will just have to use the initial raytracer renders that I posted earlier for my hand in. Grr.

Note: I've relabelled my earlier renders as "Final Renders-Problem."

Screenshots from Esperient + Next Steps.

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(238kb)Here we can see how the transparency and exploded tunnel fragments creates interesting shapes. However I think I'll have to edit the lighting and also the materials to give the model a more three dimensional appearance. The first image shows how the wooden shape doesn't really rotate around the center- you can see the blue outline of an object behind it. I don't particularly like how this looks, but I could change this by changing the materials or placement of objects. I also found it quite helpful to rename all my groups. It was quite time consuming but really helpful for when I started animating my objects. At the moment I have a trigger field just at the start of the tunnel and a line which the camera follows to get to the centre but I will probably take this away as I think it might be too difficult to time the expansion of objects and allow the camera to go through model at its own pace.

100 Words.

I want to surprise the viewer and make them question what is real and what is not. To do this, I want the opening scene to appear as a seemingly normal and transparent tunnel. However as the camera is directed through, the cylinder tunnel starts to explode out into fragments and also starts rotating in different directions. The viewer is forced to question what components are floor, walls and roof? It becomes a completely abstract space- where nothing is fixed. The transparency of the model will allow the viewer to see the rotating curved shapes through the cylinders, further emphasising the indefinite nature of the environment.