I figured I might as well post these. These tests were done back in February and March 2010.
Posts Tagged Planet Killer
Here’s an animatic test of the phaser fire effect I whipped up for Decker’s attack on the planet killer.
And you thought I wasn’t working on this project. Tsk tsk tsk.
Decker's Revenge
Act II Scene 2 complete!
Dec 29
Ah, that’s better! I fixed the angle that the planet killer flies past the camera so that the viewer can now more clearly see the four component lances of the antiproton beam coalescing together, and I composited in the missing asteroid field and volumetric space dust layers that were missing from the previous test video.
This will not end well
I probably could spend another week or two endlessly tweaking this 66-frame sequence, but I think this is the best it’s going to get. It’s a shame, because there are a few things that have always bothered me about this particular sequence… more after the jump.
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Part 3 of 8 is now online–sort of. Let me explain, after the jump.
Here’s a little work in progress image from Act II. Don’t worry; the lens flares will be toned down for the final animation.
The Enterprise is about to have a very bad day
Part 2 of 8 now back online!
Dec 10
Part 2 of 8 has been posted at YouTube! You can thank my chronic insomnia for the much sooner-than-anticipated completion of the new viewscreen insert.
Onward with Act II!
Part 1 of what I project will be eight parts has been posted at YouTube! Since I revised the appearance of the planet killer somewhat for its debut in Act II, I have to re-render the viewscreen inserts from the end of Act I before I can post part 2 of 8… hopefully that will be completed in the next week or so.
And yes, I plastered a permanent “watermark” copyright on all of the live action footage from 1967. My intent here (indeed, my intent all along) is not to steal from Paramount/CBS Video or deprive them of a DVD sale. The original footage is posted merely to present my revised effects in the context of the original episode–nothing more. Hopefully, the constant watermark won’t be too annoying, but I feel that it’s necessary. ‘Nuff said.
Work continues apace on Act II. My next release will be everything up to the skirmish between the Enterprise and the planet killer, and I’ll also be re-releasing the video thus far on YouTube later this week.
Meanwhile, I’m going to do something I normally don’t do, and that’s to mix my personal blog with my professional life. Some of you may know that I work as a software engineer at Vovici Corporation, an enterprise feedback (read: survey) company based in Northern Virginia. Recently my colleague Jeffrey Henning—an opinion leader in enterprise survey feedback technologies and methodologies—wrote an excellent blogpost on the mini-rant I’m about to blast after the jump. If I can spread the word just a little bit to help nudge companies towards curbing what I feel is a particularly odious practice, I’ll have done my good deed for the day. 
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