Prometheus 1.0

Here's the cut video for the masses. I'll work on sounds next and if I have time I'll get rid of those nasty "bushes/trees" that I used to disguise my horizon...

Lighting Problems and Answers

Here are two pictures displaying my sky. The first one (upper) shows the new sky I've done after light-linking, which took a while but is very useful. With the lower picture, you can see that the color isn't uniform and has a darkening around the edges. This was because my lights were messed up. I also had to light-link because my three-point lighting systems were displaying shadows from the buildings onto the sky... Which, as we all know doesn't happen in real life. It didn't take too long to get the hang of light-linking and once I did it, my scene was properly lighted to look like a sunny morning. Problem solved.

Clock Shadowing and Details

I've been working on three-point lighting on all my models, especially the tower and the bird. I'm only partially done with the overall lighting but This previews a little of what I've done. I disguised the edges of the "horizon" with tree/bush things, which I can replace later with more detail if I need to (which I will). Next I'll be making general lights for the houses, which hopefully won't take long.

After Effects Video Copilot Tutorial #63: Smoke Screen

I enjoyed this tutorial and I actually used it in a separate project (has nothing to do with this class: commissioned by a friend) but totally changed the colors and made it so it could loop and stuff. But I did enjoy this. :)

After Effects Video Copilot Tutorial #8 "Text Blur Titles"

I liked the way the lens flare contrasted with the text, but I altered the text by putting a drop shadow behind the text to add to the dramatic feel of it.

Prometheus Title Final

I finished the previous tutorial, but I added the second part and then some to spice up my effects.

Prometheus Title Animation

This is a tutorial I did from Video Copilot on After Effects. It's called "Titles Part 1" and is number 8 on the main page.