Donny's Late TNG Era Interiors

[Firebird]

Nah, I can’t responsibly plop down the cash for a Gibson. Both of the guitars on the wall are Epiphones!

As a proud owner of a 22-year old Epiphone Firebird, I will forever vouch for the long-term quality of their guitars over Gibson.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

Here's the finished "credits" monitor display, looping 4 times. You might have to pause to catch your names I needed names to fill in the last page so it didn't feel blank, so I included some of the more prominent members of the art department during that era of Trek (as they deserve thanks), plus a few like MJ and GR that just HAD to be included.

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Yay! I'm on the crew!

 

[PepeWan]

Yeah, @cardinal biggles is correct. Its not as simple as red shifting everything. Also, the side bars of most of the red alert screens change and animate themselves.

It’s not that it’s impossible or necessarily a HUGE time sink. It’s just that I’ve reached a point where my bridge motivation is at a low, after two months. I fear if I devote another week or two to make red alert screens, that motivation will die completely and, like what happened with my Enterprise-A bridge, i will end up leaving the bridge unfinished as a whole. I actually couldn't even muster the motivation the last two nights to work on the remaining details I have left, which is a bad sign for me. I'm sure you guys have seen what's happened historically when I've reached a point of low motivation over a given area...I tend to shift gears completely (Enterprise-A bridge, K't'inga bridge, Ds9 BoP bridge, TMP cargo bay, anyone?)

I’d rather go ahead and finish the few details I have left, take final renders and video, and then at a later date circle back around and do red alert screens. Probably when I tackle engineering, or the Evacuation Corridor, which will need proper red alert screens. Then, I can at least get the colors down, the animations required, and filter that down to the screens I already have generated.

Now you've got me wondering, how would I go about setting up a toggle to switch over to Red Alert (in your After Effects comp). Some combination of Ray Dynamic Color and expressions to toggle all the various sidebar and text variations. It'd have to be an easy enough rig to apply as you're building new graphics, easy enough to modify as necessary. That'd be a fun ol' Trek/After Effects rabbit hole.

 

[Donny]

Now you've got me wondering, how would I go about setting up a toggle to switch over to Red Alert (in your After Effects comp). Some combination of Ray Dynamic Color and expressions to toggle all the various sidebar and text variations. It'd have to be an easy enough rig to apply as you're building new graphics, easy enough to modify as necessary. That'd be a fun ol' Trek/After Effects rabbit hole.

Well, I’m just going to create entirely separate red alert animations and then switch them over in Unreal.

 

[Donny]

All right guys. Finally learned how to use Unreal's cinematic tools. Fire up your TVs for this one if ya can. A short cinematic tour of the finished First Contact bridge, timed to the wondeful music of Jerry Goldsmith.

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Enjoy!

 

[scragnog]

Absolutely incredible Donny!
Almost brings a tear to the eye!

 

[ashleytinger]

You did an amazing job with this one Donny. She looks amazing

 

[cardinal biggles]

All right guys. Finally learned how to use Unreal's cinematic tools. Fire up your TVs for this one if ya can. A short cinematic tour of the finished First Contact bridge, timed to the wondeful music of Jerry Goldsmith.

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Enjoy!

That's amazing, Donny! Felt like I was really there!

 

[BK613]

Brought a tear to me eye.

 

[billtfargo]

HOLY . That is incredible. Wonderful work

 

[Tallguy]

Jinkies, Scoob! That was fantastic! An interesting way to start May the 4th,,,

Did you do the unfocused / focused transitions in homage to the First Contact credits or was that just lucky?

Also: They spent a whole freaking movie on this bridge and never showed me what they were about with that view screen. You did less that 2 minutes and I get it completely now.

 

[blssdwlf]

@Donny - the turbolift opening onto the bridge and walking around it was magical! I agree with Tallguy about the view screen. You did a way better demonstration of how it is a hologram than the movie did (which I mistakenly thought was just a boring screensaver all this time )

 

[PepeWan]

Well, I’m just going to create entirely separate red alert animations and then switch them over in Unreal.

Yep, yep, yep, I'm just thinking about how to simplify the process of making those red alert animations (and, as usual, "simplify" means doing a lot of extra work now to make less work later). Just a fun exercise.

 

[Jedman67]

Just commented on facebook. Looks like the real thing, not CGI!!

 

[Donny]

Did you do the unfocused / focused transitions in homage to the First Contact credits or was that just lucky?

I didn’t plan it but it occurred to me halfway through the process that it was similar to the opening credits. Just a happy accident! I wanted to employ a more cinematic style than I have before, so changing focus was just something I thought would spice things up. It also helped sell the whole “tease” feeling I was trying to convey with the closeups at the beginning.

 

[Q2UnME]

Amazing! Very photoreal. Kudos to your DP!

 

[Mytran]

Just gorgeous, and the music topped things off perfectly.

I like the subtle lens flares - realistic without being intrusive

 

[137th Gebirg]

All right guys. Finally learned how to use Unreal's cinematic tools. Fire up your TVs for this one if ya can. A short cinematic tour of the finished First Contact bridge, timed to the wondeful music of Jerry Goldsmith.

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Enjoy!

Absolutely beautiful, Donny. Probably one of my favorite soundtracks since the Horner tracks from TWOK & TSFS. I was hit with a bit of a wave of wistful nostalgia with this one. So well done...

 

[Tomalak]

I can only agree with what others have said, it's staggeringly good. You've really achieved an astonishing level of photo-realism. It probably looks better than the real set ever did!

 

[Donny]

Finished First Contact bridge renders below! There's a lot of them, so it'll span a couple of posts.


















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