> Today I received my 2 disk set of "Elephants dream" from the blendershop > http://orange.blender.org
Awesome !!! : Well , ok , gay . Ya , went there , D/L'd the .4GB version and sat back and watched some bizarre circa 70's Stop-Action trip through what appears to be the very same type of brown acid that everyone back then just knew was poison ... (You do not have to make a purchase but can D/L the wholekit & caboodle scene and characters [if you choose]) It's an odd animation , so just D/L the thumbnail version if you can , first . Nice sideburns on the odd spider-like old guy but after that it just goes downhill ... rapidly . Not the Orange-efforts fault . The only way to do this kind of advanced character animation is through quality motion-cap. Otherwise the resulting animation looks like , uh , uhmmm .... Probably the greatest asset an animator can have today is a huge library of authentic Mo-Cap , ready for assembly . Trying to do it via this type of Orange-Effort "fudge method" is just plain embarassing to the whole industry , especially the non- Pro hobiest sector ... IMHO . studio www.niagara.com/~studio www.studiodynamics.net > Today I received my 2 disk set of "Elephants dream" from the blendershop > (by buying the item i.e.ordering & paying for it in advance one could > finance part of the open animation movie project of the "orange" team > who did the film). Excellent work which could serve as a measuring stick > for the features a character animation tool really is in need of ;-) .... > > For those interested in seeing without buying - just wait a couple of > days more before downloading it, as the authors posted a warning on > their webside: > > "Despite Ton’s request to wait with posting Elephants Dream on the > Internet until the Orange team has had a chance to publish a good > quality version, you can already view it on YouTube. In itself this is > not a problem (in fact, you’re encouraged to share it!), but the Orange > team is quite disappointed by the quality of it. As they will be > releasing a series of high-quality downloads in the next few days, I can > only recommend that you wait for those to get the best possible first > impression that you can." > > More info at: > > http://orange.blender.org > > and for those in a hurry who just want to get a first impression: > > http://orange.blender.org/wp-content/themes/orange/images/blog/switchbridge.jpg > > Another point of interest for those character animation aficionados > among us is, that during the production a set of new structures & tools > were developed for Blender, among them a a unique Blur tool which uses a > 3D model based on quads and vectors to deliver the effect in far less > time at a far higher quality than the "classical" approach. > All those new developments will be integrated in the next Blender > release (you can get a preview of them at > > http://www.blender.org/cms/Changes_since_last_ver.727.0.html > > ). > > I sincerely hope that the realsoft community will also profit by having > a look at the movie & the tools used by it (EVERYTHING was made by using > free software even the compositing :-) ....) > > Have a nice day > > Wolfram > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.5.2/329 - Release Date: 5/2/2006 > >
