A few weeks ago I wrote about my plans for my next project. I had decided my next project would be my Agatha Christie in Egypt video. Since then I got some encouragement to do a final version of “The Barrier”. That got me to have another look at it. Two Barriers There were two… Read Article →
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I downloaded and tried out a trial version of nawmalMAKE, the replacement for Xtranormal. I wanted to see if I could use it to do a final version of “The Barrier”. I had planned to leave any evaluation of nawmalMAKE until later when I was ready to redo “The Barrier”. This week I got a… Read Article →
I used Xtranormal to make “The Barrier”, but was unable to properly finish the movie because the company shut down before I could finish it. Now a new company, Nawmal, is releasing software based on Xtranormal. Maybe I can now finished my movie. Nawmal (http://www.nawmal.com/) sent me an e-mail this week that the official release… Read Article →
In the past I’ve run into trouble when I try to do too many projects at the same time. I think I’ve fallen into that again. I need to pick one project to focus on. “The Barrier” I left “The Barrier” for now. I’ll pick it up again when the new version of Xtranormal becomes… Read Article →
I created a new version of “The Barrier” this week and posted it to YouTube. I made several changes to the first two scenes. Next week I plan to move on to a new project, or do some of the house work I’ve neglected. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATcKnFAwlU0 or Scene 1 I only made a few minor changes… Read Article →
I think the latest version of scene 1 only needs a few tweaks and then it is done. Xtranormal asked me (and many others) for feed back this week. It looks like they are nearer to a re-release. “The Barrier” I did another version of scene 1 of my transportation planning movie this week. I… Read Article →
I’ve added the driver and some sound effects to the demo video of the new scene 1 for “The Barrier” this week. It isn’t done yet, but I managed to put together an early version of the scene that gives a good indication how the final version will look. I added more trees and animated… Read Article →
The new scene really started to come together this week. I posted a test video that I think gives a good indication what the final version will look like. You can watch the test video here: I think I’ve got all the vehicle movements done now. Although I might need to do some tweaks later. I… Read Article →
I made a little more progress on the new version of scene 1 for “The Barrier” this week. I have both a truck and a car for the scene now. I added a lot of trees and played around with the terrain a bit. I posted a test animation. My first task Monday was to design… Read Article →
I continued to work on the revised opening scene for “The Barrier” this week. Progress has been slower than I hoped, but I enjoy most of the work, and I’ve learned quite a lot from what I’ve done so far. In the opening scene, my hero, a young transportation planner drives down a road and… Read Article →
