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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Setekh on June 18, 2001, 06:24:00 am

Title: Boom.
Post by: Setekh on June 18, 2001, 06:24:00 am: The Demon class Eva destroyer, taken out of commision before it could reach the Vasuda system and join the assault on the Vasudan homeworld.

(http://www.3dap.com/hlp/staff/setekh/eva-boom.jpg)

Enjoy. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

(Max... if you're reading this, I'm still having problems with your render - it's just too damn dark. If you disagree... do it yourself. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Boom.
Post by: Jabu on June 18, 2001, 06:27:00 am: Yep. Bloody cool (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)
Title: Boom.
Post by: Skippy on June 18, 2001, 06:28:00 am: Great! Wonderful! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Fineus on June 18, 2001, 08:38:00 am: Constructive stuff? the forward explosions look a little...weird, I'm just not sure how.

Suffice to say it's the best I've seen yet so well done (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Sushi on June 18, 2001, 04:10:00 pm: Yeah...is that curve supposed to be a shockwave? Also, the back end of the demon looks a bit overblurred, and the fighter could do with being closer to the camera- right now, it's kind of a picture with no foreground.

Otherwise, though, looks good, as usual. The explosions are for the most part very well done.

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Setekh on June 19, 2001, 03:04:00 am: I'm kinda surprised... none of you picked it as a screenshot... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) f00led! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: Boom.
Post by: Sandwich on June 19, 2001, 06:29:00 pm: Pardon my possible lack of knowledge, but... "Evangelist"?

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Griffon UK on June 19, 2001, 06:56:00 pm: Quote
Éva'ngel|ist (-nj) n. Writer of one of the 4 Gospels; preacher of the gospel; layman doing missionary work;

IIRC, it was the name of the mission in which Alpha wing in MEDUSAS destroyed the oh-so-un-scary-&-un-dangerous Eva (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

(Setekh, notice my subtle hint-drop in that paragraph)

Clash of the Titans would be sooooo easy were it not for the bugs & their megabombs...

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Night Hammer on June 19, 2001, 08:35:00 pm: Sweet

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Setekh on June 20, 2001, 12:47:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Griffon UK:
(Setekh, notice my subtle hint-drop in that paragraph)

*shrugs* I was flying a Herc. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/tongue.gif)
Title: Boom.
Post by: Fineus on June 20, 2001, 01:03:00 am: Real pilots fly Apollos (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Sushi on June 20, 2001, 01:43:00 am: I STILL think it doesn't look like a screenshot. I'm looking at it now, and it still doesn't look right! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: Boom.
Post by: Setekh on June 20, 2001, 03:45:00 am: It was a FS1 shot, explaining the plain shockwave. I played around with focused lighting and contrast, and changed the tonal map so that darker bits were darker and lighter bits lighter (the explosions were under-exposed in the original). Rendered a starscape (albeit just stars, but better than the FS1 backdrop) and weaved it in, also added some flares on the main explosions and blurred them out accordingly (since I was running in software mode - *curses Win2k's lack of support for my gfx card - and the explosions looked way too sharp). Made the shockwave redder, because it looked wrong in that ring of fire, and sharpened up the focus around the Herc so that you could tell that it wasn't so close to the explosion. Finally, hand-painted the warm glows around the edges of the Herc that happen when there is a trong light source behind you, because, well - FS doesn't. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Quite nice, really. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)