Enterprise Goes To Warp

[CharlesP2009]

There's a bit of the Picard Maneuver in this warp effect! Two Enterprise's at one time!

[FilthyShadow]

Wonderful.

[WarHammer30000]

There is no sound on the Space...

[jmm1233]

IT'S THE ENTERPRISE

[jmr72777]

I used SPACE AMBIANCE from the CD "REAL HOLLYWOOD SOUND EFFECTS" by Alan Howarth.

[thecopykidofthestarz]

where Can I find the rumble pulsing sound?

[Bla31n]

Richard Taylor once said: "I had always had the idea of the ENTERPRISE going through this incredible z-axis color change; the stars and everything needed to break into spectrum to become streaks of color. So, there was another idea and it was a really quick abridged version where it just kind of goes bam!" Can you do it?

[jmr72777]

@Bla31n I'm sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner. Computer issues, actually. Once I get my software up and running, I'll give 'er a stab!

[Bla31n]

@jmr72777 Like any great movie in the making I'm very anxious to see your take on what might have been. Cheers!

[thecopykidofthestarz]

Really cool but I had this 3d Studio I didn't know it was this capable. how do I get this model? does it have the Original Enterprise?

[jmr72777]

@thecopykidofthestarz I don't remember the site that I downloaded the ENTERPRISE from, though there are many resources online. A Google search will bring it up. The Earth & Enterprise were rendered in 3D STUDIO MAX. The ship was simply rendered coming across camera, and then speeding off. Using AFTER EFFECTS, I was able to dilate the time when it sped away, making the ship streak out. I also used TRAPCODE SHINE to make it look like it was tearing through the light barrier as it went.

[jayce79]

Great Job buddy. Terriffic.

[skyblazer7]

Wow, really nicely done. I must say that the TMP-Trek3 Enterprise is and always will be my favorite Enterprise.

[Darkphoenix588]

sweet i love that effect on how it was still shadowed

[noclipus5]

Well, I must say I prefer the TNG era and especially Voyager's FX. I've never really watched TOS, but I don't really like that whooooooooo - light streaks everywhere - KABOOM! effect. The ship doesn't break any speed barrier. No need for "sonic" boom.

THE best warp FX was IMHO in Star Trek XI. Although the movie quite sucked, the warp FX was amazing. The ship just stretched and INSTANTLY disappeared. I mean, it's FTL, the ship should out of visual range in a fraction of a second.

[madcapromanian]

It left part of the ship behind...looks like the paint! :D

[Katana2040]

That is a quality model. Well done!

[TheDEATHSTARIII]

that is beautiful , its almost as good as the original optical

[dixievfd55]

Much as I like JJ's ship, this one beats his. I grew up with this one.

[BADBOYCH]

Fantastic

[bradhig]

Awesome my favorite version is the refit enterprise too bad it get beat up by Khan and blown up by Kirk.

[Mrcapuchon]

star trek suck

[wakeylad81]

that looked great

[flics85]

Looks awesome! Good work!

[larrypurtell]

Actually that is very nice and would look great in the movie. One criticism, when the image of the windows of the ship come into view, perhaps you should have moving people inside or appearance of activity inside. Like you looking inside of a ship. Still however, very nice angle and position coming away from the earth. Matches music very well.

[drbotanus]

Well done

[USSENTERPRISECV6]

stargate has better technology than star trek especially there hyperdrives which are fast enough to make a ship travel between galaxys in a few days

[SequelReviews]

and Star Trek takes place in only the Milky Way Galaxy lol

[niels332]

stargate hasnt got the best they nly gots stupid gates that travels 5 lightyears away so what

[The8thDOCTOR]

WTF are u on about?

Thats like saying Shakespere is better than Dickens

ITS FICTON, theres not really a Starship called Enterprise

[jmm1233]

There is and it is owned by NASA , and it can piggy back on a boeing to get into orbit ,

[iPopcorn]

there was a ww2 supercarrier (not so super, it was ww2) called the enterprise

[SequelReviews]

True, but Star Trek takes place in the Milky Way not in other galaxies lol

[psxwarrior]

gorgeous

[cactusfloyd]

that version of the enterprise is the most beautiful trek ship ever

[ProjectFlashlight612]

I agree 100%!

[FadahRon]

@cactusfloyd I totally agree

[kargaroc386]

to travel between galaxies, you really need either a worm hole, or a transwarp drive.

as far as i know, transwarp is infinite speed.

[SlippyDaPenguin]

Not bad, not bad! Actually, that was pretty amazing! I noticed the small details here and there on the ship (the little blue panels on the bottom had the exact same effect in the movie), and it makes it tons more believeable. Wonderful job.

[againDREAMING]

Really quite beautiful!!!!

[thedarkarcon4]

Nice!

[67tr876]

what is faster light speed for warp ?

[stringtheorysucks]

warp speed is faster than light speed. actually warp 1 is the speed of light. based on my copy of the Star Trek the Next Generation Technical Manual warp speed is measured in cochranes (named after Dr Cochrane the inventor of warp drive) 1cochrane is the same as light speed. Warp2 is 10 cochranes or 10 times the speed of light. warp 3 is 39 cochranes, warp 9 is 1516 cochranes or 1516 times the speed of light.

[67tr876]

so with warp 9 can i get form this galxay to a nother one ? and they say in real life that if you go faster then light speed you can time travel . so with warp 2 you could time travel ? or would it be warp 10 ?

[stringtheorysucks]

No not really. There still are limits, Yes warp 9 is fast, but its not fast enough to travel between galaxies. If you remember when USS Voyager was pulled into the Delta Quadrant Captain Janeway said it would take Voyager something like 70+ years at warp 9 to make it home to the Alpha Quadrant. Now there is an absolute limit to how fast warp drive can go, no ship can go faster than warp 10, the fastest most starships go is something like warp 9.975, but never 10.

[67tr876]

i see but is there somthing after warp ? that can go faster ?

[stringtheorysucks]

Yeah there is. Its called transwarp. The USS Excelsior was meant to be the next great leap, it was the first starship with transwarp drive. Unfortunately it failed and all federation ships still have regular warp drive. The only race that I know of that has transwarp technology is the BORG. I believe thats how Voyager made it home, they used a BORG transwarp conduit to make it home. How fast transwarp is I really don't know. I have no information on how it works.

[67tr876]

wow thats cool o ya like in star wars i think they have transwarp they can make it form one side of galxay to the outher in like 1hr or 50 min ? am i right ? i think am right

[stringtheorysucks]

Its been awhile since I watched any Star Wars, but I do remember Han Solo saying something about the Millenium Falcon going 1.5 past light speed. What that means exactly I have no idea. All that really mattered was that the Falcon was the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy. Don't forget though that Star Wars takes place in another galaxy along time ago. Actually according to Einstein nothing can go faster than light. But thats what sci- fi is for, to have fun and imagine the impossible.

[platoon1993]

In fact Einstein was right and in warp speed you are not actually going faster than light you are in a bubble moving in the space. This is more like pulling the table to you instead of walking to it.

[platoon1993]

Sorry but voyager used wormhole net of the borg.

[mysticpooee]

I am correct, Paris did take a shuttle, can't remember if it was the flyer, to warp 10. Once at warp 10, he was able to appear where he chose.

[OahuLargeScaleTrains]

Nice . . .

[poepper]

sry im a star trek noob. what season is this clip taken from? the original? the next generation? thanks in advance!

[AniTraVid]

The original

[dapenguin2]

the ship is based on the original one but in the description it says its an animation he made

[auldj]

Based on thehip from the films...

[AngelBearOH]

The great thing that CGI does that physical models couldn't is get up really close and get a feel for the immensity of these vessels. They look /huge!!/

[Wheeljack35]

I really miss this Enterpise

[CultOfPersonality1]

Nice job

[Seanache]

I love the TOS movie warp effects, and I grew up in the TNG era, I just like how the light has to catch up to the ship cause its going like a bat out of hell

[WelshPirate69]

That was pretty cool. I never really liked the stretchy effect from the TNG&beyond era, it was just visually uninteresting. I prefer these kind of creative light effects, it gives the impression of a light spectrum equivilent of a 'sonic boom' as the ship breaks the light speed barrier.

[jmr72777]

I completely agree. I liked the fact that the streaking effect was literally the light catching up with the ship. The stretchy effect was probably more in tune with the idea of warping space, but to me wasn't quite as visually interesting.

[GallTheAbsurd]

I like the look of this much better than the TNG stretch, but the stretch really makes more sense. There wouldn't be a discontinuous after image like this if the ship is _receding_ from view faster than light.

[jayce79]

@WelshPirate69

I always wished they would have combinded them somehow. 

[Rashaed]

R.I.P. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry.

She's Dead Jim.

[KlingongBane]

Well said

[emberpool]

Nice work, Im impressed!

[The8thDOCTOR]

great job

is that a botanical garden in the bottom half of the engineering section?

[YSBCITTAR]

I just got back tommorrow from a interstellar trip and in truth I actually posted this comment 5 years ago, crazy I know, but true.

[katey1dog]

Every time I see her, she sets me back.

I mean, that ship looks like something American shipbuilders could make at places like Patuxent or Long Beach Naval Shipyards.

[Shmenkaare]

@katey1dog

Yes I agree completely...it looks so realistic, as if it were straight out of an actual shipyard.

[ChopStiXVisuals]

Well done, but try using a lattice deformer to stretch out the enterprise when it goes to warp speed. I used to work on the show, and that's how we did it ;)

[jmr72777]

Thank you so much for watching and for commenting. I truly appreciate the help. I'll look into that in 3D. The effect was done using time dilation in AFTER EFFECTS with a combined STROKE layer to give the color and add what I figured would be tension as the ship tore through the warp barrier.

[tubamanRW]

That trail was freaking awesome. Maybe have small flashes of light come from the warp engines. That would add to the effect, but that's just a suggestion, if I could give it six stars I would but there's only 5 so 5 stars! Good work.

[BreakawayPaul]

Fantastically well done!

[darthexylus]

Fantastic job! Loved the music overlay. 5 stars!!!!!

[zenithomega19]

hey great job!!!

[ReverendSyn]

Snazzier than what they used in Star Trek II and beyond

[miggy558]

wow I don't know how anyone can afford that program. I want it so bad...

[tngeps]

warez?

[miggy558]

what?

[KevinJC1989]

awesome work

[CiCiSFU]

This was cool. Great work!

[trekker683]

not bad

[ReverendSyn]

Pretty nice.

[philendrick]

I always loved variants of this warp effect. Add the rainbows like they should have done in first contact!

[njo2801]

Looks very nice indeed! I reckon your warp effect is probably more realistic than the TV effect!

[faro0485]

Interesting Warp. Not very flashy, but interesting.

[all13Doctors]

that... was bloody good

[psxwarrior]

Beautiful.

[shafty1968]

incredible pleasure...

[MadRotwang]

A good start, but your lighting has issues. The ship moves out of a shadow and you can see a strong line of light pass over the saucer. It looks like a poorly placed key light.

The lighting nests more contrast or specularity, it's pretty flat.

The ship doesn't move until 6 seconds, it should already be in motion before frame 1. The pacing is good after that.

Is it your mesh? It bears a strong resemblance to Dennis Bailey's mesh. Either way you should include credits.

[thealphacenturi]

Actually the ship is moving from the first frame. Put your Mouse Arrow over the ship and you can see it pass.

[Salvatore403]

The mood and speed of the enterprise from begining was perfect. Look at Star Trek IV for warp reference.

[The8thDOCTOR]

good point, i thought it was a refraction of the end of TMP until you pointed that out lol the music confused me.

[Medhiv83]

was okay, bute the "lightshadow" of the enterprise moved to slow away >> actually the best warp-speed effect is in ST3 wenn the enterprise outruns the excelsior

[StarshipMaxima]

That's hot.

[musicalcaptain]

That is the best "warp speed" effect I've ever seen

[FoxMcCloud12000]

You took the words from me... =P I agree with you in a 100%.

[jmr72777]

Thank you both very much for your kind words. I am truly humbled.

[jmr72777]

Thank you both very much for your kind words. I am truly humbled.

[amit790]

I love the music. I first heard it as a theme song for Star Trek: The Next Generation. It a beautiful peace of music. Jerry Goldsmith does the best Star Trek music ever.

[yerkeskid]

Nice job

[SGTBizarro]

I did notice a strange shadow at the rim of the saucer, which wiped away as the model began moving away from the planet. Otherwise, wonderfully done. 5/5

[ilovepepsi232]

^_^ awsome you did a good job on this

[Christoffski]

why did I write first contact?? ahahaha I meant TMP. :\

[Christoffski]

what's the name of the music, I've wanted this for ages?

[jmr72777]

The track is the end of A GOOD START from the STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE soundtrack released for the 20th anniversary of the film's release.

[Christoffski]

Thank you! I heard it in First contact, but didn't know the name.

[Excelsior2007]

That's awesome. I like it.

[Aaron1701NX]

jesus christ! you've even got the arboretum in that thing!

[dilfax]

cool

[buckaroohawk]

That was cool! How did you do that warp effect? Come on, give some info to some fellow CGI artists.

[jmr72777]

I'd be happy to.  I initially rendered the flight of the ENTERPRISE in 3D MAX. At the point where the ship is about to go into warp, I had the ship increase speed REASONABLY, timing it roughly to the sound effect.

[jmr72777]

Then, compositing in AFTER EFFECTS, I used a TIME plug-in (whose name escapes me, but I will re-post the name later) to create a stagger effect as the ship heads out, effectively superimposing the image throughout the streak.  I also used masks over the warp nacelles to brighten them just before the effect takes place.

[Airportchris2]

The model is by Dennis Bailey

[Airportchris2]

How did u do that warp trail effect?