My next favorite scene of TESB. 2 days work for 4 seconds.
The Tie fighter canon lasers are animated by hand in MAX. That was no good idea. Maybe it's possible to create that in After Effects in a shorter time ?
My next favorite scene of TESB. 2 days work for 4 seconds.
The Tie fighter canon lasers are animated by hand in MAX. That was no good idea. Maybe it's possible to create that in After Effects in a shorter time ?
In vanilla After Effects there is the BEAM plugin:
Although - it's a bit too small for the scene... X-Wing's a pretty large fighter and that guy in the background shouldn't come up even halfway as high as he does...
Although - it's a bit too small for the scene... X-Wing's a pretty large fighter and that guy in the background shouldn't come up even halfway as high as he does...
You're right...I didn't notice the wrong scale. Now it fits better
It's incredible what you can create so quickly with modern tools. The 3D scene contains only 2 light sources and was rendered with global illumination in VRAY. The desert floor and the mountains are real footage. The sky was created by the AI.
A little color adjustment and that's it. The scene is finished so far, a few props are still missing to fill it up.
The next shots will be really difficult. Even with particle systems, creating the asteroid field is a real challenge. I actually didn't want to touch this sequence at all...but now that I've started....
The next shots are easier, because I can use the generated background footage. Flip a little horizontally and vertically and it looks completely different.
When recreating it in 3ds Max, I noticed that ILM cheated quite a bit with the proportions. The size and distance between the Falcon and the asteroids don't match at all. A clear indication that the asteroid field and the Falcon were filmed separately.
I know the "shoe in the asteroid field" thing is a myth, but it'd be hilarious if you had one in there. Still, you got pretty close to matching the original VFX.
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The Tie fighter canon lasers are animated by hand in MAX. That was no good idea. Maybe it's possible to create that in After Effects in a shorter time ?
In vanilla After Effects there is the BEAM plugin:
A way more advanced FREE plugin available from Videocopilot:
https://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2016/03/new-plug-in-saber-now-available-100-free
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You're right...I didn't notice the wrong scale. Now it fits better
A little color adjustment and that's it. The scene is finished so far, a few props are still missing to fill it up.
I came up with new camera settings for the Falcon chase. I like them better than the original shots
Looks a tad bright.
Looks great other wise
When recreating it in 3ds Max, I noticed that ILM cheated quite a bit with the proportions. The size and distance between the Falcon and the asteroids don't match at all. A clear indication that the asteroid field and the Falcon were filmed separately.
The cockpit scenes are all rotobrushed in After Effects.
The next shot
For the rest of the sequence i will now create my own scenes.