My Rocket Goes Vroom

MattyG · 16-06-2004, 02:47 PM

Yea I'm 5 again lol anyways this is my first real animation and its of a model rocket being launched I know there is no backround but the grass would have been a lot of polies so it woulda been slow render times which it was bad enough as it was. http://home.comcast.net/~bobjoe727/MyRocket.mov should play in browser does for me at least and requires quicktime I think.

MariusvZyl · 17-06-2004, 11:31 PM

Hi MattyG

I am not much of an animator so I can just comment on what I see and not get technical.

I think you need to put in a gruong plane with a horison so the viewer can see where he (camera) is in 3d space. If you have a side on of the rocket at 1m and at 100 m it looks the same now.

On the second pan up, the camera could be further away to show the rocket reaching the apex of its travel from more of a distance.

Have fun.

MattyG · 18-06-2004, 05:45 PM

Thx I may try the ground plane and changing the camera when I get time I'm workin on suttin in Photoshop for now.

16-06-2004, 02:47 PM	#1
MattyG Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My Rocket Goes Vroom Yea I'm 5 again lol anyways this is my first real animation and its of a model rocket being launched I know there is no backround but the grass would have been a lot of polies so it woulda been slow render times which it was bad enough as it was. http://home.comcast.net/~bobjoe727/MyRocket.mov should play in browser does for me at least and requires quicktime I think. __________________ http://home.comcast.net/~bobjoe727/MattyGSigNew.bmp

17-06-2004, 11:31 PM	#2
MariusvZyl Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: D'Afrique Du Sud Posts: 310 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi MattyG I am not much of an animator so I can just comment on what I see and not get technical. I think you need to put in a gruong plane with a horison so the viewer can see where he (camera) is in 3d space. If you have a side on of the rocket at 1m and at 100 m it looks the same now. On the second pan up, the camera could be further away to show the rocket reaching the apex of its travel from more of a distance. Have fun. __________________ Eagles may SOAR, but weasels dont get sucked into JET ENGINES

18-06-2004, 05:45 PM	#3
MattyG Registered User Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 419 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thx I may try the ground plane and changing the camera when I get time I'm workin on suttin in Photoshop for now. __________________ http://home.comcast.net/~bobjoe727/MattyGSigNew.bmp

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