CompuServe Messages

Hey, Paul, here's something I've been thinking about. Did you ever wonder if you could *approach* film "look and feel" with 3DS by (of course, start with a great photo-realistic animation<g>) rendering to a relatively low resolution (for film), say, 700 or so lines, and taking each frame out to a 35mm film recorder like for slides? I'd love to know what these would look like shot from a 35mm projector at 24fps. I know this is WAY less resolution than needed for true feature film work, but what if you were just doing special effects for television, and *video-taped the resulting film*? Maybe, using an intrim step like this, productions like B5 could use computer-generated sequences without that "culture shock<g>" you get as the video-based effect sequence cuts to live-action (shot on film). Kinda like going from a movie on TV straight to the news or a soap opera. The difference is pretty diconcerting when it happens a few times each segment, and may very likely be part of what's keeping TV series producers from jumping on the computer/video graphics bandwagon for Special Effects any faster than they already are. I dunno, just a thought….what'd'ya think? -Alan