Whatever happened to Starship Exeter?

[scifib5st]

Thanks for the update on Exeter Maurice... one frame at a time,24 frames a second, but I like it.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

No, this isn't the time left til it's done. It's how much time Garrovik and crew have until...well, you'll have to wait and see.

[Bailey]He's started a countdown ... ! [/Bailey]

 

[Maurice]

No, this isn't the time left til it's done. It's how much time Garrovick and crew have until...well, you'll have to wait and see.

[Bailey]He's started a countdown ... ! [/Bailey]

Mr. Middy, you're relieved!

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[dayxday1000]

Looking good!

 

[Tallguy]

I don't even remember where the last part ended.

 

[doubleohfive]

I don't even remember where the last part ended.

So re-watch the parts that have been released.

 

[Admiral Buzzkill]

I think the crew was in some kind of trouble.

 

[DestinyCaptain]

Oh, that Garrovick...always getting himself into something.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

Things were starting to look really grim.

 

[Therin of Andor]

I don't even remember where the last part ended.

So go watch it again.

 

[Tribble Herder]

My computer has crashed two times in the past year, so I'll have to download them all over again anyway...

 

[xortex]

My computer has crashed two times in the past year, so I'll have to download them all over again anyway...

And we're thinking about going to Mars. I'm convinced electronic equipment is alive somehow or as in white noise, controlled by the other side. Of what, I don't I don't know, my neighbor who hates me maybe. Like Darth Vader, he can come through my computer and throttle me.

 

[Mike 1732]

Oh, and, hey, Dennis, that last test you did of the you-know-what for the tag looks really good. I think we're close to nailing that shot. (How's that for maddening, gentle readers?)

IMHO, that's not maddening...that's progress.
And thanks to both of you for your efforts.
Also, add one more 'awesome' vote for that Polaris holo-display shot.

 

[dayxday1000]

I think the crew was in some kind of trouble.

^^^

 

[Maurice]

Oh, and, hey, Dennis, that last test you did of the you-know-what for the tag looks really good. I think we're close to nailing that shot. (How's that for maddening, gentle readers?)

IMHO, that's not maddening...that's progress.
And thanks to both of you for your efforts.
Also, add one more 'awesome' vote for that Polaris holo-display shot.

There's one particular set of VFX at the climax that've been a problem. Some things are easy to write (a made-up example: "a cloud, streaked, like neon become fog") but hard to turn into actual visuals. Just laying out the composition of these shots has been a challenge, let alone implementing them. This is further complicated (in a good way) by Jimm's desire that everything look like something you could have done in 1970 with the technology of the time.

 

[MikeH92467]

I think the crew was in some kind of trouble.

^^^

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I'll bet they get out of it!

Oopss...should I have put that in a spoiler field?

 

[Tribble Herder]

Oh, and, hey, Dennis, that last test you did of the you-know-what for the tag looks really good. I think we're close to nailing that shot. (How's that for maddening, gentle readers?)

IMHO, that's not maddening...that's progress.
And thanks to both of you for your efforts.
Also, add one more 'awesome' vote for that Polaris holo-display shot.

There's one particular set of VFX at the climax that've been a problem. Some things are easy to write (a made-up example: "a cloud, streaked, like neon become fog") but hard to turn into actual visuals. Just laying out the composition of these shots has been a challenge, let alone implementing them. This is further complicated (in a good way) by Jimm's desire that everything look like something you could have done in 1970 with the technology of the time.

Whaddya know about cloud tank effects shots?

 

[Maurice]

IMHO, that's not maddening...that's progress.
And thanks to both of you for your efforts.
Also, add one more 'awesome' vote for that Polaris holo-display shot.

There's one particular set of VFX at the climax that've been a problem. Some things are easy to write (a made-up example: "a cloud, streaked, like neon become fog") but hard to turn into actual visuals. Just laying out the composition of these shots has been a challenge, let alone implementing them. This is further complicated (in a good way) by Jimm's desire that everything look like something you could have done in 1970 with the technology of the time.

Whaddya know about cloud tank effects shots?

Plenty. And that they weren't very common in 1970.

 

[Mike 1732]

Maurice, something tells me you'll figure this out and then make it look like it was oh-so-easy so that we might not realize this is what you were referring to here. In that case, please point this out when you put up the finished product.
I don't know about anybody else, but the tech postings here fascinate the hell out of me. I don't understand a lot of it, but it's an interesting read nonetheless.

 

[Maurice]

Maurice, something tells me you'll figure this out and then make it look like it was oh-so-easy so that we might not realize this is what you were referring to here. In that case, please point this out when you put up the finished product.
I don't know about anybody else, but the tech postings here fascinate the hell out of me. I don't understand a lot of it, but it's an interesting read nonetheless.

Hoo boy. If I showed you some of the trickery that goes on you'd probably be amazed...or at least appalled. Maybe it's a bit like seeing how sausage is made.