drawbridgep opened this issue on May 22, 2004 ยท 22 posts
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 12:14 PM
Attached Link: Tower Movie.
Thanks for the comments on my recent pictures. [ ](viewed.ez?galleryid=676434&Start=1&Artist=drawbridgep&ByArtist=Yes)My computer happily spent today working on an animation of the tower (while I was unhappily working). It's 4meg, but if you're really bored and have nothing better to do, you might want to take a look.
Thanks Phil.
ddruckenmiller posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 12:32 PM
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 12:55 PM
Yeah, took a while to render the buttons. That's a bit weird.
captor213 posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 1:10 PM
Worked for me, Great animation tho alittle fast.The view up is a cool ride.
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 1:13 PM
Yeah, it is a little fast in the second half. I wanted to get to the top within ten seconds, so had to fly up there. Glad you like it.
draculaz posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 1:26 PM
woah! nice :)
Dead_Last posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 1:27 PM
Very nice job. What was the fps? It seemed somewhat unsmooth in some parts but I think that may have just been my crappy comp.
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 1:29 PM
Whatever the Bryce default is. 15? I converted to MPG to cut it down from 110meg AVI to a 4meg MPG. You think that's unsmooth, you should see the AVI running.
johnyf posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 2:18 PM
Impressive...a great sense of scale achieved. Have to agree about the speed toward the top but still fab!
Kemal posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 2:30 PM
Never did any animations, great job, man !!! :)
ddruckenmiller posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 4:27 PM
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 4:30 PM
It's a strange one. I use a little program WinMPG http://www.winmpg.com/ to convert the AVI. Maybe the MPG they create is slightly unusual. Sorry you've not been able to view the movies. (You're not missing much though)
ddruckenmiller posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 4:41 PM
WinMPG by DirectSoft? If so that's probably it... I got my $30 back from them for the compatability issues and lack of support. "In converting a .WMV to .AVI I find that the video portion comes out twice as long (or at half speed depending on your perspective) while the audio portion stays the same length and speed. That just doesnt seem right. Comments?" Order number 12302002-51871-967 has been refunded in the amount of $30.00.
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 4:46 PM
Here's a preview of tomorrows picture to make up for the problems you've had (ok, small consolation, but I just finished and want to show it off and can't post it to my gallery for 8 hours).
ddruckenmiller posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 5:07 PM
Its okay. Im game
The station is integrated into the terrain? Cool Reminiscent of James Blishs Cities in Flight is that where you were headed?
Blish might be more commonly recognized for the 22 volumes of Star Trek adaptations he produced, but Cities in Flight, which is a compendium of four of his novels published around 1950, has been called an Interstellar Grapes of Wrath and has to be considered an essential classic, at least by me. Over 50 years ago Blish put together a continuity that stretches from its beginning in the political pork barrel projects of a Jupiter mining mission and pharmaceutical research, through the collapse of the cold war the rise of a global geopolitical business bureaucracy, the elevation of the cult of technology, the lifting of whole cities and industrial complexes into space for migrant work, a galactic currency collapse, right through to the end of the universes (plural) but not the end of time or creation. Not too shabby considering its almost 55 years old. And it still holds up, albeit not as seamlessly to our heightened sense of technological scrutiny and critical inspection, but its relative impact remains undiminished.
Thats the gallery post comments I wrote for my Skybergenisis image that I never put up.
Want to license it for your post tomorrow?
Message edited on: 05/22/2004 17:08
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 5:16 PM
Is the station integrated into the terrain, or the other way around? I don't recognise the name. But this is based on an image I saw in a book about 20 years ago. So who knows, maybe it is. The third image I posted to Rosity (back in March 03) is very similar. But I like to think my skills have improved in some small way.
And no, I won't licence your eloquent text. I'd much rather steal it.
Message edited on: 05/22/2004 17:17
ddruckenmiller posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 5:25 PM
Well then how about a license to steal? ;)
pakled posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 9:43 PM
actually, there's a series of Novels by (I think) Greg Bear; one's named Eon, as I remember, about an infinitely long tunnel through both an asteroid and also other dimensions..the concept sounds a lot like this picture looks..great work, whatever the source..
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
ShawnDriscoll posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 10:27 PM
Windwos Media Encoder 7.1 makes WMV files pretty good and small. I also use VirtualDub and save in DivX format which is even better.
drawbridgep posted Sat, 22 May 2004 at 11:53 PM
Pakled-YES! I remember that series. Even have it somewhere. Also A.C. Clarke did the Rama series. Shonner - Thanks for that info. I'll look into it.
pakled posted Sun, 23 May 2004 at 11:22 AM
that's true..and I forgot that..well it works out.. the Ramans always did everything in 3's....like the pic..
I wish I'd said that.. The Staircase Wit
anahl nathrak uth vas betude doth yel dyenvey..;)
danamo posted Mon, 24 May 2004 at 1:14 AM
Awesome render Drawbridge! Lol@pakled!! I must have read a lot of the same books you have! I also thought of Greg Bears' series.