Star Trek Rendezvous - USS Enterprise meets Shuttle Surak 3D CGI Animation

[Ferocinator]

I am TRULY in awe of this very spectacle.

[jtschau]

Beautifully done. Thanks for making this vid.

[eimb1999]

The original looks much better. Can't beat real models over the videogame look of CGI.

NBice attempt though. Oh, BTW the shape of the warp drive sled on your shuttle is incorrectly curved.

[ThrashTillDeath73]

@eimb1999 Purist...just can't accept anything new. The problem with model work of those days is that when transfered to a Hi-Def video source, the imperfections in the compositing show up. You get all kinds of digital noise floating over the models and it takes away from the beautiful model work. With CGI, you get clean crisp clear details without any of that. The only drawback to CG is that sometimes you get motion blur between frames.

[eimb1999]

@ThrashTillDeath73 : What the hell are you talking about? I'm for anything new if it's GOOD. But CGI is not aways good. Sometimes it's every bit as bad as bad modelwork. Digital compositing, for example works much better than the old optical compositing did most of the time but that doesn't mean that everything new is good or anything old is bad. Recognize things for what they are instead of what you want them to be

BTW there is no "digital noise" in optical compositing.

[DJsStratoArt]

Very well done, very impressed!

[kb7rky]

Nice touch at the end. Very well done!

[Credithelper75]

Damn dude..you just nail it every time.

[TheReboot70]

again great job guys... want to challenge you w/something. recreate the battle scene between reliant an enterprise.I'm talking dialoge,the works.may have to go to paramount for this one but it'll be worth it.good luck.

[jtkirkfan2002]

This is the closest thing to a flawless recreation that I have seen. Excellent, excellent job!

[dvddmc]

Very Nicely Done the Enterprise is the Greatest ship in the fleet Love the Design and the swift looking pylons and Necells just way better than that shitty version in the new Movie

[capttheo1]

To quote myself, Holy CRAPOLA, Batman!!!  Wow!

[teatyme12]

How did you do this? using what program?

[mylex67]

@teatyme12

This animation was created with Autodesk 3DS MAX.

[sewdavicious]

Good enough to be in an upgraded version of ST:TMP. JUST, loose the Horner music.

[doubleohfive]

Nicely done. You might want to run spell-check next time though.

[youarebob]

@doubleohfive haha gotta watch for that silent. z

[brookestephen]

swwww-EEET

[Ashenion22]

THAT WAS INCREADIBLE! Thank-you!!

[myriad1973]

Absolutely beautiful!

[ReGZ0089]

Gush: OMFG!

[Kelvari7882]

I'd love to see what you could do if you were given the budget of a full-feature film. If these little snippets are any indication, you'd be able to put some of the major studios to shame.

[trippledee351]

Awesome stuff. When do we get to see the Reliant and Enterprise do some battling??

[shakoror]

Simply beautiful!

[BasillG]

I love how you incorporated that beautiful overpass from the end of TMP and blended it seamlessly into the rendevous.

Clever credits in the open doorway too! :D

[sanderrodijk]

beautifull......one thing mate...the impuls engines of the enterprise are off

[sabrewolf1978]

@sanderrodijk Agreed but then I was thinking, what if while they were doing the docking maneuever that they were running on manuevering thrusters.

[sanderrodijk]

@sabrewolf1978 No i mean at 01:44 there isnt any red light from the impuls engines

[sabrewolf1978]

@sanderrodijk Ah, I see what you are saying. Thanks for clarifying! :)

[thedarkarcon4]

i couldve sworn that was straight from the movie. you have some serious talent.

[PopeyeCove]

Now this is the best YouTube Star Trek test animation I've seen yet. Inspiring!

I want to see more!!! ;)

[L0rdR4hl]

Wow!

[FireTheDamnAWP]

EPIC!

[VideoSpaceFX]

Superb!

[pilotRAFE]

Absolutely fantastic ... excellent work

! wow! ......I call this perfect animation ...timing, lighting ...everything!

Muy impresionante amigo!!

[warstomper]

shit wow

[TitanicWHV]

Wow, with that interior. Really good done.

[buckaroohawk]

You honor me, sir, far more greatly than I deserve. My model of the Surak looks stunning under your expert skills. This is a beautiful video and I appreciate being even a small part of bringing it to life.

[shawho]

pretty darn nice =)