Appartment Project in Belfast - Update

Paul Russam

Been busy on this project for a while, Knocked out an animation for a presentation and thought I'd upload it to Youtube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=kQYk7Eb9QWk

The original is 1024x768 and comes in at 1.75Gb

It was exported from SU as TIFF's at 2048x1536 with the result of ~7400 frames coming in at a rather heavy 86Gb.
The export failed twice when the camera tried to pass through a wall and a tree (me bad) otherwise it went perfectly.
I was getting between ~2 and ~3.5 frames per minute, which I thought was good considering the size of the model (21Mb) and the complexity of the scene.

Stinkie

Very, very nice.

Daniel

That looks great!

derryatlanta

Paul,

This is sensational work. I can confirm, as someone who walked this road regularly for 10 years, that this is amazing work.
I almost nostalgic now and would like to nip over for a curry chip and a trip to the off license!

Cheers Paul and keep up the good work!

Nigel

goodonline

Paul,
Awesome modeling. The animation portions sounds like a TON of work.

My comments if you dont mind me being so bold.

Speed it up. Watch tv and time what they show in what amount of time. You will be amazed on what a 'short' clip can portray.
Rotate the view occasonally to show more of the architecture. The main focus seems to be the road itself.
Create mini-clips, fly by / around some of the buildings.

All in all, my hats off to you,
Good Job.

marked001

yeah, this is awesome paul! i'd agree with robert... a little speed might help... i know you want to showcase the detail..

Paul Russam

Thanks all for the nice comments.

Robert, I know what you mean but this part of the presentation was to show how well the scheme fits in with the existing street whilst someone talks the audience through it, if it went faster then by the time they've mentioned one thing they already beyond the next point they wanted to make.

Apart from all that YOUR RIGHT, its turgid, slow and boring!!. The ability to plan and edit shots is not one of my skills, I tried to find a course here but to no avail, I assume it would be perceived in the film industry as directing.
If anybody has some ideas or knows of an online resource then I'd love to know about it/them

Back to the anim:
Tell you what, take a guess at to which is the new scheme, a gift box of 300 spare vertex's to the winner.

Gaieus

Impresive result, Paul! Certainly a lot of work went into it.

Phil

Outstanding visualization! Liked the way the road went up hill and around curves, plus the trees and walls etc along the way.

tinanne

Nice job as usual Paul! Haven't seen you in awhile. Good to have you back

mateo soletic

Great work Paul.

otb designworks

This is really nice, Paul

I particularly enjoy all the road markings, mainly because I know they are such a PITA.

Where did you get those great trees? I am always looking for sources of foliage

Great job!

archtech

That was top class! I really like it.. well done.

goodonline

@paul russam said:

Robert, I know what you mean but this part of the presentation was to show how well the scheme fits in with the existing street whilst someone talks the audience through it, if it went faster then by the time they've mentioned one thing they already beyond the next point they wanted to make.

In the end, you have to do what the project / client calls for.

@marked001 said:

I tried to find a course here but to no avail, I assume it would be perceived in the film industry as directing.
If anybody has some ideas or knows of an online resource then I'd love to know about it/them

Here is a link to a video I created about 2 years ago. It has a few clips with some basic transitions. It is a bit slow too, but I think the music makes up for it. It was created to get approval from the local aging community, for that reason, I tried not to make it too flashy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75HwKXOFrpo

I have no information on directorship tutorials. My only advice is to watch TV and see how long their clips are, what types of transitions, etc.

Anyway, Good Luck on your Journey

Gaieus

Robert, That's an amazing presentation, too. I don't even think it is too slow...

Powerfab

@paul russam said:

Thanks all for the nice comments.

Robert, I know what you mean but this part of the presentation was to show how well the scheme fits in with the existing street whilst someone talks the audience through it, if it went faster then by the time they've mentioned one thing they already beyond the next point they wanted to make.

Apart from all that YOUR RIGHT, its turgid, slow and boring!!. The ability to plan and edit shots is not one of my skills, I tried to find a course here but to no avail, I assume it would be perceived in the film industry as directing.
If anybody has some ideas or knows of an online resource then I'd love to know about it/them

Back to the anim:
Tell you what, take a guess at to which is the new scheme, a gift box of 300 spare vertex's to the winner.

Paul,
Is it the new apartment building on the right corner of Lennoxvale, currently a derelict dwelling owned by QUB?

Nigel

Paul Russam

Good guess Nigel or do you have some inside info?

Here's the first 20 free vertex's, use them wisely:

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Powerfab

@paul russam said:

Good guess Nigel or do you have some inside info?

Here's the first 20 free vertex's, use them wisely:

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Paul,
I am in the employ of NHBC across the road.
I've been looking at this for years every time up at the office wondering what is going to happen. Nice to see that something is being done.

Paul Russam

Ahh, your there are you, well I'm/We're on the corner of Malone Road and Malone Ave, only 50' away!

Look out your back window and I'll be the bloke standing by the black Range Rover having a cigi

sk.lion

Awsome work, i like how the finished product turned out, look forward to your other projects.