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Q: did it have any/much/some/none of Howler involved?
yes - the space warp effect and the terrain in the pre-historic planet...
Q: can you mention a few scenes that had Dogwaffle involvement?
the scene that had the alien ship in FTL ( faster than light ) - based on your tutorials ....
the first - lava pit terrain as well, I rendered a
fractal image with mandebulb 3D, then I ran it through Howler's 3D
designer and exported the mesh, and imported it to iclone,
- then I used the same original fractal image as a glow map to
create the fire pit look ...the glow in that center is what created that
fiery lava look - I then put a smoke particle effect over it when
filming - then used a distortion effect on my NLE to simulate the heat
waves and give it the fire motion.
Q: did you write and record the music?
yes. The vocals were arranged from a licensed sample
collection - that's actually a girl singing - but I
processed her to sound like a male singer.
Q: what other tools were mostly used? 3D animation, video composing,...
Howler, special effects - terrain
iclone / 3Dxchange, - animation
Poser - the afro on the main actor
Dac3D, - the character models
Mandlebulb 3D, the prehistoric terrain
Sony Vegas, - NLE - compositing
Hitfilm, - the visual effects
Paintshop pro, - color grading textures
Grand Designer, - planets / alien terrain
Q: Anything else worth mentioning?
yeah, I was going to send you a link to the video, I went to sleep
right after uploading and wanted to proof it once more, you saw
it first though - I like the look though, so it's final
I really enjoy the idea that everything in that video, including
music, was pretty much a computer synthesis / process - even
the guitar - which sounds live, was actually a software
synth guitar emulator - there was a time that doing a video and track
like this at home was unheard of and very expensive to do - both music
and visual - let alone being able to say you learned many of the
CG techniques from youtube videos - I think I find that more
fascinating than the video itself.
I could actually go much further with effects and quality, but I
limited myself to 1 week to not steal too much time away from making
music. Which also speaks volumes for how far technology has
come, - which I also find fascinating when I consider the history
of making animation.
At its core, all great art is an on-going "Never Ending" experiment!
“Art is never finished, only abandoned.” -Leonardo da Vinci
