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Aug 30 2011, 02:36 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 27 Joined: 3-January 05 From: Italy Member No.: 134 |
Simply fantastic.
Thank you! Click here for a (still experimental) excerpt as anaglyph (view in HD if possible) Did you considered the possibility to use the native Youtube 3D features allowing viewers to choose their preferred option (Red/Cyan, Green/Magenta, Side by side, etc.)? The videos displayed on a 42" HD TV are amazing .... 3D with active glasses should be better |
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Aug 30 2011, 11:17 PM
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Another problem is video compression: After uploading to youtube, I found that the encoding/compression caused further contrast and gamma correction to the point that many subtle details in shadowed areas got lost. Oh yes, I know about that! Youtube absolutely ruins your uploads, especially in high-res. I suggest you maybe look into vimeo... |
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Aug 31 2011, 02:23 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
Nirgal, you win the UMSF internets. Now just get Scooterlord's MER model into that, and hook up with StephenV2 to get an IMAX movie finished!
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Sep 1 2011, 01:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 20-September 05 From: North Texas Member No.: 503 |
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Sep 1 2011, 04:53 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
hook up with StephenV2 to get an IMAX movie finished! StephenV2 is militantly opposed to using CGI in his IMAX movie. Thus, despite the beauty, accuracy, splendor and grandeur of Nirgal's amazing work.....StephenV2 would not, by his own rules be able to use it. |
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Sep 1 2011, 08:50 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 30-March 05 Member No.: 223 |
yes, making animations to be shown, e.g. in Planetariums is something I do consider as a future option.
However, as I already wrote, this is still a work in progress and I have to make the homeworks first. Among other things there is one important issue that needs to be resolved before I can consider this finished: namely the support of color. Although black&white landscapes do have their own aesthetics (think Ansel Adams ;-) color (like music) is absolutely essential to transporting emotions in a film. (What would the Red Planet be without Red ? So, although I am very satisfied with this first prototype video as a "proof of concept", there is still a lot of research and programming work to be done until the project could be considered anything near "production ready". Until then, I'm afraid I can't take any requests because I fully need to concentrate on the research & programming. Hardware needs to be upgraded too (12 cores + 48 Gig RAM is a minimum configuration for rendering those multi-gigapixel DEMs in serious production quality) If all goes well I think the first color versions could be ready sometime mid next year. In any case, I will keep you updated here at UMSF |
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Sep 1 2011, 03:12 PM
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Director of Galilean Photography Group: Members Posts: 896 Joined: 15-July 04 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 93 |
I understand that's his view point on the current Saturn movie, but I think for Mars there is just too much data outside of pure pictures such as DEMs that to not include them would be a big loss to any IMAX treatment.
-------------------- Space Enthusiast Richard Hendricks
-- "The engineers, as usual, made a tremendous fuss. Again as usual, they did the job in half the time they had dismissed as being absolutely impossible." --Rescue Party, Arthur C Clarke Mother Nature is the final inspector of all quality. |
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Oct 4 2011, 08:50 PM
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Junior Member Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 12-March 11 Member No.: 5892 |
Just wanted to add my kudos. Absolutely stunning work, Nirgal.
-------------------- Software developer for NASA NPP. And I make things to amuse myself: Gale Crater mini-game
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