This was created using 2 videos and then blending them together. It's a little jumpy after uploading to youtube >:( , I may try uploading it again...
I used real-time, 3 minutes per frame on my i7 desktop - 8 cores seems puny these days :'(
Very Nice ;) I gotta pony up for the animation package this year!
That's a cool "floor" effect as well. Can you tell us about it? My guess would be an all white background and a ground plane with a texture stack-up of a color and bump map using .png files with some transparency(?)
Thanks, br3ttman! :)
The floor was created like you are saying along with a white label with a hole in the middle. This was used to control the specular value.
Slick video Chad 8)
Ed
Thanks, Ed! ;)
I'm wondering now if the video should have been made in reverse.. saving the cutout towards the end as the grand finale? :D
Naw :) With video you've got just a few seconds to grab attention. Put the good stuff up front!
As I experiment with these kind of short animations I realize there is a lot more to it than just making stuff move. Overall composition is very important - it's like making a 15 second TV commercial.
Ed
That's pretty nice, and i think the whole/cutaway/whole is the good way to go.
Oh, and shut up about puny! my Q6600 is much more in the puny category LOL
Cheers!