Never seen TOS scenes, but would've been nice...
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I take it that's a CGI Connie, right?
If so, that explains the hard shadow on the left nacelle pylon (and that wierd looking neck shadow?)
Anyway, even though it's a good shot, the grain differences between the planet and the Enterprise kinda ruin the shot. Either make the planet more blurry or clean up the Enterprise render (if it is one.)
Either way good shot.
I take it that's a CGI Connie, right?
If so, that explains the hard shadow on the left nacelle pylon (and that wierd looking neck shadow?)
Anyway, even though it's a good shot, the grain differences between the planet and the Enterprise kinda ruin the shot. Either make the planet more blurry or clean up the Enterprise render (if it is one.)
Either way good shot.
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Nope. It's a scratch-built model that I happened to come across on the net about a year or so ago--I think the guy did a damned nice job of it too. I downloaded some other shots of it thay I'll eventually find use for.
Both planet and ship have the same amount of grain added, but I added a touch of motion blur to the ship to suggest movement across the sceen.
Nope. It's a scratch-built model that I happened to come across on the net about a year or so ago--I think the guy did a damned nice job of it too. I downloaded some other shots of it thay I'll eventually find use for.
Both planet and ship have the same amount of grain added, but I added a touch of motion blur to the ship to suggest movement across the sceen.
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Klaus, your pic really looks good. I'm not sure about the plausibility of it, though (the Enterprise doesn't look like a low-orbit capable ship). Also, why are the necells colorless?
Aside from that, like it said, it looks really good. I hope you do more later as well.
Klaus, your pic really looks good. I'm not sure about the plausibility of it, though (the Enterprise doesn't look like a low-orbit capable ship). Also, why are the necells colorless?
Aside from that, like it said, it looks really good. I hope you do more later as well.
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^^ ty! I got it from a pic of one of the models, the one in the Smithsonian I think, so there's no lights or other post-production stuff. Someone else used it for a wallpaper a while back as I recall...... I noticed the nacelles later, I'll try to add some color if I can make them look OK. I know it's the not the most realistic angle, but that was the best pic I found in a quick Google search so I decided to go w/it. I do a lot of Photoshop work making sigs usually, this photomanip is a fun thing to try, a lot different from artsy stuff...
^^ ty! I got it from a pic of one of the models, the one in the Smithsonian I think, so there's no lights or other post-production stuff. Someone else used it for a wallpaper a while back as I recall...... I noticed the nacelles later, I'll try to add some color if I can make them look OK. I know it's the not the most realistic angle, but that was the best pic I found in a quick Google search so I decided to go w/it. I do a lot of Photoshop work making sigs usually, this photomanip is a fun thing to try, a lot different from artsy stuff...
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^ Well the nacelles wouldn't be "on" if the ship was in the Atmosphere.
Wasn't the Enterprise in very low orbit in "Tomarrow is Yesterday"?
^ Well the nacelles wouldn't be "on" if the ship was in the Atmosphere.
Wasn't the Enterprise in very low orbit in "Tomarrow is Yesterday"?
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NICE!!! Do you have a larger version, it would make an excellent wallpaper!
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Okay. That would explain it.
A starship pulled down from the sky? The Enterprise struggles to remain in orbit while under attack from Landru...
NICE!!! Do you have a larger version, it would make an excellent wallpaper!
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^ Okay where did you get that.
^ Okay where did you get that.
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Here's another digital enhancement of the painting, this time with no monkeying with the horizon line...
matte painting 2nd version
Here's another digital enhancement of the painting, this time with no monkeying with the horizon line...
matte painting 2nd version
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Technically it's very good. But my quibble is that the mood of the scene is lost. TOS had a way of making you feel you were kinda out there with the crew in these lonely far off alien places...and your brightened skies loses that feeling. OTH it does give one some idea of what daylight might be like on such a planet, assuming it gets that bright on that world.
Technically it's very good. But my quibble is that the mood of the scene is lost. TOS had a way of making you feel you were kinda out there with the crew in these lonely far off alien places...and your brightened skies loses that feeling. OTH it does give one some idea of what daylight might be like on such a planet, assuming it gets that bright on that world.
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It's tricky finding a good middleground in this--in other words knowing when to stop screwing with the original effects. I do think that the original matte painting is salvagable. The problem with the original (beyond the optical illusion of the layout) is that the sky appears obviously as a painting, you can even discern the brush strokes in areas. I have always been of the opinion that TOS does need re-imagined to a limited degree. It would be so cool to see this scene on the screen, maybe with a tiny dune buggy driving by in the foreground, slow movement of clouds, and a 3D rendition with the camera panning slowly. Oh well, back to reality.
It's tricky finding a good middleground in this--in other words knowing when to stop screwing with the original effects. I do think that the original matte painting is salvagable. The problem with the original (beyond the optical illusion of the layout) is that the sky appears obviously as a painting, you can even discern the brush strokes in areas. I have always been of the opinion that TOS does need re-imagined to a limited degree. It would be so cool to see this scene on the screen, maybe with a tiny dune buggy driving by in the foreground, slow movement of clouds, and a 3D rendition with the camera panning slowly. Oh well, back to reality.
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