CG Animated Cutscenes and soforth

Quote

Originally posted by modesty_blaise_us:
**Never thought of that issue.
http://homepage.mac....ieTheater8.html

This movie is sorenson 3...Can you really not see it..? Does anyone know any other good codecs...? Sorenson video is bleh, at least in my tests. Mpeg 4 is good, but i donΒ΄t know how compatible it is..
**

I dunno, I'd probably be compressing as DivX. All that's important is that you clearly state (probably in the download text, as well as the readme, provide a clickable link, etc) which codec you're using. XviD, I heard is better, but Quicktime doens't support it. At least DivX 5.1(?) is free). Cinepak is safe, but it's a crappy compression (crappy as in it produces all sorts of artifacts and stuff).

Matrix

------------------
"Interestingly, according to modern astronomers, space is finite. This is a very comforting thought -- particularly for people who can never remember where they have left things." - Woody Allen

(url="http://"http://htf.mondominishows.com/valentine/main.asp?seed=7375&serial;=214877")The funniest valentine I've ever gotten.(/url)

Quote

Originally posted by Zacha Pedro:
when I attempted to see http://www.redvsblue.com/appleswitch.shtml I realised it couldn't recognise the codec

Meh, you don't want to see that movie anyway. I can dispute their "Ever heard the term 'Mac gamer'? Neither have we." with just my email address: mac {DOT} gamer {AT} gmail {DOT} com (is paranoid about spambots fcking up his wonderful Gmail account*). πŸ˜› But seriously, that video is mean. "on a PC, there are so many games, but opn the Mac, there's just 6."

Anyhow, to contribute to the topic, I personally care little about movies, because I have a 768mbps Broadband connection ( Posted Image ), but remember the MUAAUMDS. If the movies are good, make them 800x600 (the lowest resolution officially supported by Nova) and I'll still download them. But if they're that big, make sure they are not critical to the plot, because I doubt the MUAAUMDS will download it.

------------------
The programmer's code of entomology: there's always another bug.
There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary and those who have friends.
Windows users: stop asking for plugins. (url="http://"http://www.aznt.com/EVN/EVNEW/")Make one yourself.(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.cwssoftware.com")Sephil Saga Website(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/search.html")Add-ons Search Engine(/url)

For a movie, how about the same size as used in the gambling animations? not terrable huge, and not terrible low quality when scaled to 2x res.

As for characters, depends on how and what kind of bad. If you are attempting to go for a serious plug-in people would probably laugh if they saw stick figures etc. But there are times when comical stuff can benifit from suckyness. (and then the flying pink thingy attacked the population of zanzibar...)

Go for the best you can do, try to be the best you can. If your characters suck, oh well.

Human/organic modeling is soo damn hard... πŸ™‚

------------------
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."-Albert Einstein

Quote

Originally posted by EVula:
I still think they should be seperate, unless they are a damn critical component to the plug.

I think so.

Dave @ ATMOS

Quote

Originally posted by pipeline:
**I think so.

Dave @ ATMOS**

Psh. Graphics guys. πŸ˜›
~ SpacePirate

------------------
Fear the SpacePirate,
He made a (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/search.html")plug-in search page(/url)...
And he'll board your ship!
-mrxak
*** (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/infernostudios/")InfernoStudios(/url) was last updated 06 June, 2004. ***

(This message has been edited by SpacePirate (edited 07-23-2004).)

Quote

Originally posted by Skyfox:
As for characters, depends on how and what kind of bad. If you are attempting to go for a serious plug-in people would probably laugh if they saw stick figures etc. But there are times when comical stuff can benifit from suckyness. (and then the flying pink thingy attacked the population of zanzibar...)

Well, TGC is kind of comedy-ish, but I'm trying to do a tad better than that. I mean, I am a computer animation major, trying to find a career in this stuff (though forge, damn his black heart forever, would beg to differ). They're not going to be that bad, just a tad stiff since I'm using Infini-D and I kinda suck at some parts of it.

/me wishes he had a manual

Divals

------------------
GRP//ACK
+++Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot.+++

Just make them cool. I want to see giant space battles, people!

------------------
Moderator- (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=9&SUBMIT;=Go&mrxak;=cool")EV Developer's Corner(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=6&SUBMIT;=Go&mrxak;=cool")EV Web Board(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=69SUBMIT=Go&mrxak;=cool")Uplink Web Board(/url) | (url="http://"http://forums.evula.com/viewforum.php?f=18")mAW Forum(/url) | (url="http://"http://forums.evula.com/viewforum.php?f=48")Starcraft Forum(/url) | (url="http://"http://forums.mrxak.com/")mrxak.com Forums(/url) | | (url="http://"http://directory.uroboricforms.org/profile.php?id=00008")My Profile(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/postdisplay.cgi?forum=Forum10&topic;=007599-2&whichpost;=mrxak11-06-200203:22PM")mrxak(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com")mrxak.com(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com/haikus/haikuarchive.html")The Haiku Archive(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com/EV/N/amtc/amtc.html")A mrxak TC(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com/EV/N/challenge/thechallenge.html")The Challenge v1.0.3(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com/EV/TmC/TmC.html")The mrxak Challenge(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.mrxak.com/chess/chesstournament.html")Chess(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/mrxak/")mrxak's Assorted Webspace(/url) | (url="http://"http://blog.evula.net/mrxak/")The mrxak Blog(/url)
(url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/cgi-bin/ubb/search.cgi?action=intro")Search First(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.macgamer.net/games/uplink/")Uplink Guide(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/webboard/Forum69/HTML/000061.html")Install Uplink Add-ons(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.com/survival_guide/")EV/O/N Guide(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.ambrosiasw.com/cgi-bin/ubb/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&number;=31&SUBMIT;=Go")Plug-in Guide(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/003196.html")Plug-in Developers(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.AmbrosiaSW.com/webboard/Forum9/HTML/003091.html")Plug-in Testers(/url) | (url="http://"http://davidarthur.evula.net/mc.php")Mission Computer(/url) | (url="http://"http://www.evula.org/aftermath/")Aftermath(/url)
You know you've got problems when each of the voices in your head sees a different psychiatrist.

Quote

Originally posted by mrxak:
**Just make them cool. I want to see giant space battles, people!

**

If that's what you want, you would probably kill to see the ending scene of TGC. That is, if all goes as plan.

Divals

------------------
GRP//ACK
+++Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot.+++