Movies

Carrara 4 Pro Test

I created this new test of NWB to test out Carrara 4 Pro's new IK solver, and I must say that I am totally impressed! The re-rigging of the character with the terminators took a bit of time, but the final output only took about an hour to put together and maneuver.
Total rendertime for 10 sec (@30fps):  30 minutes

AVI format - DIVX 5.11 required

.86 MB

Multimorph Test

I made up this animation to test out a "home-grown" morph file created in Carrara Studio 3. The goal was to test facial animation using the multimorph plug-in by A-Kuro Digital. This plug-in is worth the price and can REALLY put out.
The test animation still needs work in Syncing, but this was done in about 10 minutes (not including rendertime, dope sheets, etc). Raytrace rendering at 320x240. Zipped file available only in AVI-DivX encoded format.
Total rendertime for 24 sec (@30fps):  3 hours

AVI format - DIVX 5.1 required

2.56 MB

HDRI Test

I made up this animation to test out a "home-grown" HDRI file created in Carrara Studio 3.  NWB-1 (the robot) and the floor and back planes are the only objects that are modeled in the movie itself..  The studio background/HDR file was created in a separate CS3 file using a Global Illumination render and only 3 lights:  Sunlight, and 2 bulb lights that were reflected off of a couple of modeled reflecting umbrellas.  All other light from this render came from glows from the overhead lighting and the studio light rig prop that I created.  
 Total rendertime for 2.5 sec (@30fps):  18 hours

AVI format - DIVX 5.1 required

292 KB

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3

3.2 MB

"Call Me Bruce" GI Test

This little test was conducted to see how long it would take to render frames in Carrara's Global Illumination.  The operative test is to see if rendering with radiosity (however faked it may be) is worth the cost timewise.  There are no lights in this scene.  Only a skylight setting of 100% and a white background.  Total rendertime for 4 sec (@30fps):  2 hours

AVI format - DIVX 5.03 required

106 KB

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3

1.8 MB

Animatics Test

I ran this Animatic for a test to see if Premiere will work well with Particle Illusion SE. This piece allowed me to put theory into practice while trying to set up some sequences and special effects. The AVI was zipped with Winzip 8.0. The MOV is uncompressed

AVI format - DIVX 5.03 required

1.3 MB

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3

16 MB

EVA Walk-Cycle

This is a walk cycle for the EVA Suit I designed for the opening. The funny thing is that you spend as much time modelling the small stuff as you do the major characters.

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3 - 390 KB

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Introducing Flybee (FL-1B)

Introducing a test for a new character for the animation.   MOV only, but it should run with QT5 or higher. Its setup so that it can loop, so give it a try.

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3 - 1.6 MB

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Test Piece

These are the most recent version of the test-piece for K'CHK that I've done. This piece allowed me to put theory into practice while trying to put out a quality product. Both files were zipped with Winzip 8.0

AVI format - DIVX 5.03 required

6 MB

Quicktime MOV - Sorenson 3

16 MB