Hi Tom I'm not sure if it's quite correct but I think of most modern games as semi-movie like in the display. Giving it that almost real perspective. I do know there was a fair bit [and even this is old I guess] used in the movie Braveheart. Asking this might be a tad off topic but was there another Masters of the Universe cartoon? I remember the older one [sheepish grin] and even have some of them im mp3. *coughs*
Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 1:21 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] video game memories Hi Ron, Believe it. The graphics technology we have now for the XBox, PS3, and Windows Vista is nothing short of spectacular compared to what we had in the 80's and 90's. I'm just disappointed I can't see it for myself first-hand. One reason the graphics technology appears to be so good is many games actually use male and female mottles to pose for various positions and in various outfits. They probably even photograph them wet and dry for a more realistic effect. Then they cut their image out of the photograph and compile various clips of that mottle in hundreds of positions, from several different angles, etc. Then in the game it simply displays the mottle on the screen in the game world. if he/she looks real it is because he/she was based on a live mottle rather than drawn using computer generation. That isn't to say all games use live mottles though. There are plenty that use computer animation, similar to the new cartoons, to draw the game worlds and characters. For example most modern cartoons from Justice League Unlimited, to Transformers, to the 2003 Masters of the Universe series were all done using computer graphics animation rather than drawing all the images by hand and filming them. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
