Eric Carlisle wrote: > I also have to give the production crew mad props on the > set design. Many of the Defiant sets seemed to be exact > copies of TOS Enterprise sets. Many, many subtleties > were reproduced flawlessly, right down to the sounds of > phasers, photon torpedoes... the cheesy communicators > and uniforms... the Comm Officer's really uncomfortable- > looking earpiece... the blinky bridge consoles that made > no apparent sense... the "SHHH" of the turbolift doors... > the cheesy looking Defiant schematic deplayed on the > main viewscreen...
For what it's worth, there's a Macromedia angle here... search term "'michael okuda' macromedia" pulls it all up. A core of the original design group has remained throughout the different series. From Kirk onward, pretty much anything seen on a screen is Macromedia Director... 3D modeling & animation were originally done in Paracomp's Swivel (which merged with MacroMind, and later Authorware, to start Macromedia)... I've heard that the signage fonts were done in Fontographer, too. It was fun getting support calls starting, "Hi, we're from Star Trek, and...." ;-) jd -- John Dowdell . Macromedia Developer Support . San Francisco CA USA Weblog: http://www.macromedia.com/go/blog_jd Aggregator: http://www.macromedia.com/go/weblogs Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Spam killed my private email -- public record is best, thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Contribute 3 from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=53 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:156006 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
