#Mind's Eye Animator
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Geezz I kinda liked it!
Murph'
>> Geezz I kinda liked it! <<
So did I… guess I wasn't sarcastic enough. <g> Although the things that
impressed me were probably not so obvious. I thought the drapery and silk
tablecloth blowing in the wind on "Nuvogue" was well done, the waterfall in
"Ascent" (top view) was well-crafted, and someone spent a hellacious amount of
time on the meshwork of the temple at Luxor. I even recognized the heiro's
(into that stuff in a dangerous way)… very accurate takeoffs. The re-use of
Virtus got old, but the look was cool. I was also impressed by the concept of
"Legacy". The weakest segment I thought was "Quantum Mechanic" (despite my
liking of the music), old manicans and too long a tunnel. -dave
Mind if Eye jump in?
I the thought Gate was pretty interesting. My biggest dissapointment is that
there seems to be an aversion to over-glitzed imagery in some spots. I would
really enjoy some more Pixar-style work combined with the quality of imagery
found in "Gate". I really miss the story-line sort of animations.
I know vortices are getting cliche, but I thought that one a the beginning of
"N.E.O." was pretty fun. I would have to press my talents petty hard to
reproduce that one. I also like the animations with the graceful hands towards
the end of "Valley" (titled "LAKME" in the credits). Very artful.
The technical quality of the works in Gate was its most favorable aspect. I
just get tired of the old fly-through stuff. Exeptions to this were all of the
Sci-Fi Channel segmets (ReZ.n8, Xaos) and the Luxor segments. These are great.
I also thought the TD soundtrack was awesome.
set mode couch_critic=off
— James — Choreo Motion —
>> reproduce that one. I also like the animations with the graceful hands
towards the end of "Valley" (titled "LAKME" in the credits). Very artful. <<
the hands were kewl. nice morph-material there.
>> just get tired of the old fly-through stuff. Exeptions to this were all of
the Sci-Fi Channel segmets (ReZ.n8, Xaos) and the Luxor segments. These are
great. I also thought the TD soundtrack was awesome. <<
music was great. no doubt. and after some careful replaying, the meshwork on
Luxor was tremendous.
set mode couch_critic=off <—another 3DS.SET undocumented parameter, eh? 🙂
-dave
I agree with everything you said except I thought the Quantum Mechanic strobe
effect was "Different", something I hadn't seen done before.
It made me think about how they did it.
I also got out the 3D Glasses but No Luck! <BG>
The tunnel I certainly agree upon was Blaise' to say the least.
sorta like it should have been on last years tape.
I also liked most of Thomas Dolby's stuff but don't tell my Audio Guy that, he
didn't think it was too creative. Of course he writes Orchestration and has
Degree's in music from both Boston Music and Berkley so I gotta go with what he
says.
BTW you can get his CD through me if your in to CHAKRA, Vibrational Healing/
Lower Chakras,Etc.
This isn't an ad for anything I sell so please don't anybody jump on me, I only
own one copy and it's cause I like it that I mentioned it.
Bettter yet Do NOT contact me:
Here's Gary's company stuff:
Contact: Garye
At: Electric Shadow Productions
P.O. Box 8131
Green Bay, Wisconsin 54308-8131
LaTER !
Murph'
>> I agree with everything you said except I thought the Quantum Mechanic
strobe effect was "Different", something I hadn't seen done before. It made me
think about how they did it. I also got out the 3D Glasses but No Luck! <BG> <<
<g>
>> the tunnel I certainly agree upon was Blaise' to say the least. sorta like
it should have been on last years tape. <<
for a first timer, this stuff was neat. for folks who've been working with this
type of software, some of it was very old hat (recycled)– the kind of stuff i
say to myself "well that didn't take much work"–fast food FX.
>> I also liked most of Thomas Dolby's stuff but don't tell my Audio Guy that,
he didn't think it was too creative. Of course he writes Orchestration and has
Degree's in music from both Boston Music and Berkley so I gotta go with what he
says. <<
IMHO, the "piece of paper" is moot. when i hear anyone talk about degrees, to
me that translates as "years away from the real world"… accumulated knowledge
only goes so far before you pay the price of no-experience. 🙂
i have degrees too, and they aren't worth jack when generating this stuff. its
all concept, creativity, ingenuity with the toolsets, communication skills and
the right attitude for each project.
if he writes orchestration, he's probably a decent musician (and perhaps he's
looking at from an audio-technical perspective as i look at it from a visually
technical perspective), but comparing "his" work to anyone else's (like
Dolby's) seems like apples and oranges and a matter of taste at best. TDolby
sells. it wouldn't if he wasn't "good" at what he does, and i'm a paying
customer!
>> BTW you can get his CD through me if your in to CHAKRA, Vibrational Healing/
Lower Chakras,Etc. <<
kewl!
>> This isn't an ad for anything I sell so please don't anybody jump on me, I
only own one copy and it's cause I like it that I mentioned it. <<
i won't as i understand your intention here, and i appreciate the info.
>> Here's Gary's company stuff: Contact: Garye At: Electric Shadow Productions
P.O. Box 8131 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54308-8131 <<
thanks! i hope i don't seem like a snob here, James, i'm really not.<g> i'm
just inherently cautious around "experts"… my methods change by the day, and
as a musician also (25 years piano/keyboards/synth) i've learned that there's
no one "right way" of doing this stuff (or writing effective music for it).
Mozart wrote some great stuff too, but there's a time and a place for it, if
you know what i mean. Same for Dolby. -dave