blender effects wip

enzolima · Post by **enzolima** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:27 pm

what i mean is that you can now clearly see that its a cone with a texture. it doesn't look like its filling space (thats volumetric).

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:33 pm

ah ok
i see what you mean.
i'll try playing with a spot lamp with a halo, but since halos don't work well with ray traced transparencies it might not look that great.

enzolima · Post by **enzolima** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 6:35 pm

ehmm..... then what about making each ray a cone? i think that should enhance the effect. i mean, right now, you have like 8 rays textured on 1 cone. try texturing 8 cones to form a full tractor beam.

Sherlock Holmes · Post by **Sherlock Holmes** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:28 am

I think the tractorbeam looks just fine. Andy, you are a miracle worker for Blender, you are greatly showing that blender is a underated program. ^_^. By the Way, You should make you own site dedicated to blender. Have tuturals that explain in lamen's terms. You did well teaching me to use a halo to make a photon torpedo.

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:09 pm

thanks sherlock,
since i am still in college, it's probably gonna be a while for me to get my own site.

i am actually gonna make a short video with a demonstration of all of my effects.
but thats gonna take a while.

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 12:20 am

so just to let you all know, i have not died, i am still working on this project, but i'm taking a break to double check somethings and i have discovered that my shield effect only works when the camera is on the same side as the shield impact, SO, i will try something else and get back to you guys,

right now i am also working on a new engineering for an ambassador class ship, in the same style as my bridge.

Sherlock Holmes · Post by **Sherlock Holmes** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:50 am

Please tell me you're gonna release these meshes. I WANNA PLAY WITH THEM!!!!!

Looking Good, althought I thik I would get Claustrophobic In that Engine Room. I hope you intend to Place gaurd rails around that core, I wouldnt want to trip and fall into it

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 8:32 am

heres the latest, i've been working on this a lot the past two days.

can someone tell me if you like the color scheme, or how i could improve it.
over at the new foundation3d formerly lightwave group

someone said that i need to adjust the colors to make it look more tmp era
but idk which scheme to go with

since the st:1 is all greys
1701-A is grey red and tan
1701-b is grey orange and blue

but i'm leaning towards the excelsior
with grey and blue, since that is what my ambassador bridge is closest to.

Sherlock Holmes · Post by **Sherlock Holmes** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:30 am

Now Andy, thats what i call an improvement!!!. That engine room looks BRILLIANT!!! I really like it. I really really do. PLEASE Tell me you plan to release it. ::cries::

The interiors look great. Puts those TNG "Yesterday's Enterprise" set designers to shame.

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:09 am

wow about time someone speaks up
lol

these shots are actually now old

heres some new
with an ent-b color scheme

that i need to tone down a lil bit

it's the amazing Technicolor engineering!!!

enzolima · Post by **enzolima** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 10:27 am

i do have a question. why all the messy shadows? they kinda annoy me, makes the pic really ugly while it could be really beautiful. can you make a pic with just 1 light source and soft shadows? please?

Sherlock Holmes · Post by **Sherlock Holmes** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:50 am

Ignore Enzo Andy. Your doing the right thing in showing the realism of multiple light sources. There are many lights in the starship, and the core itself puts out light. I think it looks good.

enzolima · Post by **enzolima** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:26 pm

Sorry but go watch the series again, Sherlock. I never ever saw this. ofcourse, this is merely a WIP and the final render will probably have soft shadows. But why do you react so hostile to constructive commentary? I'm sure Andy can understand what i said and he will probably have a reason that the shadows are messy like this (render time). The reason i suggested for 1 light source was so that render time would not be increased so much. I was only pointing out that he should show us a shot with soft shadows, so we get a better image of the whole.

Sherlock Holmes · Post by **Sherlock Holmes** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:12 am

Ignore Enzo Indy. He is just mad he cant do better!!! JK JK Truth is, I am mad because i cant do anything like that at all.

Sorry Enzo buddy, I didnt mean to sound Hostile. But I really dont think he should listen to you. You might cause he to ruin it

andyp · Post by **andyp** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:34 am

well actually after Christmas i plan on making some upgrades to my pc
such as a video card
and afterwards i plan on trying a radiosity shot.