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# 1 13-06-2003 , 01:51 AM

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I found out how to do this (tanx Iz) in the effects forum. It sounded soo neato that i had to at least try it to see if it worked, and to my surprise its QUITE simple to do. Then i decided that i would like to see how i could do the effect for myself with a little Chroma Key (blue or green screen) Actor, and a completely CG enviroment. I'm gonna do this over a while as i have no use for the project ATM. Maybe something for the demo reel that doesn't quite exist yet. Anyway thought you guys might like to see.

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# 2 13-06-2003 , 01:53 AM

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heres what i have so far, this is from an animation i rendered just to see how it would come out.

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# 3 13-06-2003 , 02:14 AM

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kay heres the vid, i have ALOT of tweaking to do, so no C&C yet.

Its Divx 5.05

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# 4 13-06-2003 , 12:01 PM

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# 5 25-08-2003 , 05:04 AM

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Good job! Sry I misd this!

Was your plan to distort the walls as well? or just the floor surface?

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# 6 25-08-2003 , 06:50 PM

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First of all thanx for noticing rage! Um the walls are QUITE distorted you can see this even looking at the still image i posted. They just happen to be vertical so there is only 2d distortion. I'm thinking this will be used in the next movie that me and eli will make. I plan on having a much larger roll in the entire production proccess this time, and oncve i figure out where this effect will take place i will begin to create a photoreal enviroment.

The next movie will be an effects nightmare, for we want to do some spectaular stuff. I plan on assembling a team as soon as we start preproduction. Don't worry, i'd not forgotten about this thread.

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# 7 25-08-2003 , 10:50 PM

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That would look awesome if it started flat, then something dropped into it and then it did a massive ripple. Kind of like in Final Fantasy where you see them from underneath and each footstep creates a ripple effect on the earth.

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# 8 25-08-2003 , 11:29 PM

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How did you do this??? Where is the thread??? You dont have to answer as I am about to do a search and I will find it.

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# 9 26-08-2003 , 12:05 AM

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I hate to take your thread man, but I just tried this myself........
I like the result, its just that I dont want the outside of the floor to move up and down. when I turn the dropoff to 1, the outside does not move, but the middle moves up and down. I want the Inside and outside of the ripple to stay stationary, Is this possible???

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