Why Not 3D? 2.75D Demo for giant screen space Saturn Film

http://www.outsideinthemovie.com

Demo of 2.75 photo fly-through technique used in creating the film "Outside In" for IMAX™ and giant screen theaters by stephenv2 in his basement studio.

Music is Adagio for Strings (Barber) performed by William Orbit.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• 2.5D
• 3D
• imax
• saturn
• basement
• outside
• in
• stephen
• v2
• 2.75D
• movie
• animation
• film
• cassini
• cassini-huygens
• space
• solar
• system

[dorbie]

You seem very resistant to 3D techniques when in fact there is no real difference between 3D texture done right at high resolution and reprojecting/warping photos.

In the end you have to do a 3D projection and compositing of images to get this right.

[stephenv2]

If you peruse the comments, I've stated before, your statement is possibly true if you know enough about the textures and light effects to recreate, but for space objects, much of the light/texture is unknown and the only methods possible are guessing which from my research results in 3D images that do not look or behave like the photographs when put in motion.

[stephenv2]

@dorbie perhaps you should see my new clip on vimeo - it would cost far more, take more time and never look right.

[Gamenerd1991]

Hey, it's been over 2 years since I heard you were making this and i was just wondering how much is complete and when can i expect to see it? thanks!

[stephenv2]

progress on funding has been slow. Raised $25k so far which has allowed me to present 4 minutes of test concept shots output to IMAX film at the international IMAX expo. Although slow, progress is steady and prospects look good - release date is now 11.11.11. Follow the film via my blog on the official site.

[72734695]

You may want look into WHY a photograph looks REAL and a rendered object does not. Hi Definition video showed us that people rejected movies made using this technique asnot "real" looking even though they were much "sharper". Post production studios had to quickly figure out how to make it look more "film like". It is all about what people accept as "real" and "looks good". The same thing happened when FM radio was introduced. People wanted to go back to the more "real" sounding AM.

[stephenv2]

I'm aware of that but it's not just about "looking real". It's because they ARE real.

[ophello]

@186Oneida

You're a fucking dumb inbred.

[mickelmoe]

nice work mate. Like the way you explain things... it makes sence. watched the vimeo stuff. its amazing. But you are so bonkers to spend that much time rendering... hope someone with a fat wallet is watching.

[ninjafrank1337]

Wow, only 9,000 views?

I can't wait to see this. looks great.