Looking for screen cap TMP warp effect
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ST-One
Vice Admiral
ST-One
Vice Admiral
Oh, they can remaster them - so long as they don't replace all the old VFX with new CG-VFX when it isn't necessary.
With the exception of TFF the effects in the Trek-films are high quality.
OOoopps. My Bad. The Refit Enterprise. They're both fused together in my brain anyhow.
But thanks for the caps, folks. That's what I was looking for.
Anyone have one from the instant before, where the ship is more clearly visible, and the streaks are just starting?
I admit it was a bit cartoonish, but it achieved the desired result of giving the impression of incredible acceleration and speed. And if you had been waiting 15 years to finally see the Enterprise again, it was a genuine thrill.
trevanian
Rear Admiral
The Cage never aired...
trevanian
Rear Admiral
That's my point, did the poster see a screening at Desilu in 64 and then never watch the show till TMP came out, only way it would have been '15 years.'
One of MY strongest TMP memories (and best) was at the first showing in San Jose at the century theaters (11:15 or 11:45, had been in line since 7am) ... the crowd was murmuring, then this guy yelled, 'we've been waiting ten years, come on!' ...
and the light at the front went out and the thing started.
It was mostly downhill after that, but anticipation really reached a crescendo when he yelled that.
Funnny that this is sometimes described as cartoonish, when it's all done with real light, as opposed to the painted trails ILM used in Treks II-IV.
A very complicated effect, once the image of the ship flying off is shot, they had to repeat the move, frame by frame, holding the shutter open as the camera moved, basically keeping the back moving at the same speed as the front moved further and further off, then pulled the trailing edge in for the "pop". If anything, I think it's the star-filter type effect of the "tunnel" that reads a little cartoonish.
A very complicated effect, once the image of the ship flying off is shot, they had to repeat the move, frame by frame, holding the shutter open as the camera moved, basically keeping the back moving at the same speed as the front moved further and further off, then pulled the trailing edge in for the "pop". If anything, I think it's the star-filter type effect of the "tunnel" that reads a little cartoonish.
I agree... Especially when it was developed with the science of relativistic doppler effect and the effects of time dilation taking into account. More on that can be found here --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic_Doppler_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation
I still think that the effects in TMP are treated very unfairly, and were some of the best VFX work done to this day.
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Well, those last two caps still make chills run up and donw my spine. But then it don't take much to make me happy 
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Thanks for the caps, folks. I will be posting the project they were used (for guidance) on in the Art Forum when I get the proofs back from the graphics guy.
.Thanks for the caps, folks. I will be posting the project they were used (for guidance) on in the Art Forum when I get the proofs back from the graphics guy.
ST-One
Vice Admiral
Beautiful.
While I like the warp-effect from TMP better than that from TWOK, I think the overall-lighting on the Enterprise and the new (less glossy) paint-job she got for TWOK are much better (I just like that unrealistic, overlit and stylized lighting-scheme ILM uses).
trevanian
Rear Admiral
Beautiful.
While I like the warp-effect from TMP better than that from TWOK, I think the overall-lighting on the Enterprise and the new (less glossy) paint-job she got for TWOK are much better (I just like that unrealistic, overlit and stylized lighting-scheme ILM uses).
the scoring/aging on the TWOK shot makes it seem like ILM guys just took a bunch of xacto knives to the model hull (I've done that trick before to suggest scale, but I was working in super-8 and 16mm, not 35mm, and my budget was in the triple digits, not seven figures.)
